Multi Purpose Building

So this building was built as the Parish Hall for St Mary's Cathedral in 1904. You can see the church in yesterdays photo. It went on to become a school for a few years before the church sold it to the Canadian Northern Railroad. CN Rail abandoned the building in 1971. The City of Calgary bought the building in 1978 and today it is home to the Alberta Ballet. Tomorrow we will look at the addition the railroad added on

[Nancy]

It is a beautiful old building...it is really nice they have such a great use for it! Nice capture!

[Katie]

Lovely quaint building!

[Kerri]

Awesome shot

[Denise Breimeir]

Wow!! It is so pretty! I am glad it is still being used. I would love to see a ballet there.

[Shirley Chetwynd]

I love the windows, doors and wide steps of this building Brian.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Good to see it still in use! It's a really nice looking stately sort of building.

[Maggiemae]

I'm glad it has a good home for the Ballet Company! A good solid looking building!

[Paula W]

What an elegant building, love its symmetry, fitting that it is home to the Alberta Ballet.

[Christine Hosey]

It's good that these lovely old buildings find a new life

[Smitha]

Lovely building, well captured.

[Lisa Pouncy]

I love the sandstone brickwork and the double frontage with those huge doors. Nice capture xx

[mittens (Marilyn)]

It's a lovely looking building.

[Fisher Family]

Lovely. I like the information too, its good when buildings continue to be used in the community. Katharine

[Néfertiti]

Batiment élégant et solide, un grand merci pour l'information.

[Tineke]

Wonderful building, I like it the way you show us the city

[Terry]

1904 , yet they tear buildings down here that were built in the 70's and put up new ones.

[Kim]

Love the some architecture! Glad to hear its been well utilized over the years.

[Pam Hawkes]

Nice capture of this sandstone building! It is very charming.

[Mrs. Smith]

I like these historical pictures!

[Liane]

thanks for the history lesson! Nice pic

[bruni]

Another historical building. I thought it looked like a school building.

[Shirley Banford]

Beautiful shot.

[❀ Lynn]

What an interesting history of uses!

[Linda]

Neat old building!

[bkb in the city]

@nanderson ?thanks Nancy. It is so nice that it is still being used

[bkb in the city]

@archaeofrog Glad you enjoyed this one

[bkb in the city]

@kerristephens Thanks Kerri

[bkb in the city]

@deniseinindy I am not sure if they do performances here or if it just their offices

[bkb in the city]

@http365proj it is a lovely looking building

[bkb in the city]

@olivetreeann It was really designed beautifully

[bkb in the city]

@maggiemae They really new how to build them back then

[bkb in the city]

@paulaw It is nice to see it still being used

[bkb in the city]

@christinehosey That is for sure

[bkb in the city]

@smithak Thank you

[bkb in the city]

@psychographer Thanks Lisa, Glad you enjoyed this one

[bkb in the city]

@mittens Glad you like it

[bkb in the city]

@fishers Glad you enjoyed this one

[bkb in the city]

@montse vous etes les bienvenus

[bkb in the city]

@tstb glad to share this with you

[bkb in the city]

@sarasdadandmom It is nice when they keep the old ones

[bkb in the city]

@kimshots Glad to share this one

[Ivan]

Lovely building,, interesting history.

[Claire]

Classic building, lovely

[bkb in the city]

@pamfromcalgary It really is a very nice building

[bkb in the city]

@mrssmith203 Glad you like them

[bkb in the city]

@lfrans Thanks Liane and you're welcome

[bkb in the city]

@bruni Until I read the sign to go with it I would not have thought of it as a Parish Hall

[bkb in the city]

@sabanford Thanks Shirley

[bkb in the city]

@lynnb Definitely a wide variety of uses

[bkb in the city]

@grannysue Glad you like it

[bkb in the city]

@ivan Definitely a lot of good uses over the years

[bkb in the city]

@claireuk Glad you enjoyed this one

[Nikki]

what a great building! I really appreciate when they maintain the historic look of a buidling while using it for something else.