The Armoury

Across the street from the cafe in yesterday's post sits the Connaught Armoury. Built in 1911-12 making this the oldest armoury in Alberta. It was named after the Duke of Connaught the son of Queen Victoria and the Governor General of Canada at the time.
It became home to the 10th Alberta Dragoons Regiment during both World Wars.
The building closed in 1964 and was slated for demolition in the early 1970's.
Fortunately the building was saved. It became home to a number of restaurants and a night club. Today it is used as a drop in centre for the Youth Emergency Shelter

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Lovely shot and interesting information.

[Candace]

It is always great when they spare history!

[Nina Ganci]

interesting building with a colourful history! glad it was saved

[gloria jones]

Great capture of this historical building

[Colin Fawsett]

Great capture and the history was very interesting. Thank you for sharing.

[PhotoCrazy]

Nice capture!

[bruni]

Great architecture and history.

[Diana]

Great shot of this lovely building with a history.

[arthur clark]

lovely bit of history,

[Rob Z]

It's very impressive. :)

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Nice shot- glad to see it's been kept in use for a number of good things through the years.

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Nice shot

[Diane]

Great-looking building! Glad they have found new uses for it.

[KWind]

Nice looking old building. It's stood up well!

[Beth]

Nice capture. The building looks sturdy enough to be around another 100 years. I like that you tell us something about what we're seeing and something of the history.

[Jane Anderson]

Such an interesting history!

[Karly]

Great old building and I like what it is being used for today. Very necessary.

[Ian JB]

Looks very interesting.

[bkb in the city]

@mittens Thanks Marilyn glad you enjoyed this one

[bkb in the city]

@ribbet9 Yes Candace it certainly is

[bkb in the city]

@ninaganci Nina we are too

[bkb in the city]

@seattlite Thanks Gloria

[bkb in the city]

@bristol_colin Colin you're welcome

[bkb in the city]

@photographycrazy Thank you

[bkb in the city]

@bruni Bruni glad you enjoyed this one

[bkb in the city]

@ludwigsdiana Thanks Diana glad you enjoyed this one

[bkb in the city]

@arthurclark Arthur glad you enjoyed this one

[bkb in the city]

@robz Rob glad you like it

[bkb in the city]

@olivetreeann We are too

[bkb in the city]

@elisasaeter Thanks Elisabeth

[bkb in the city]

@eudora Yes Diane for sure

[bkb in the city]

@kwind Yes Kim it certainly has

[bkb in the city]

@vernabeth Thanks Beth glad to share this with you

[bkb in the city]

@janeandcharlie Jane glad you like this one

[bkb in the city]

@365karly1 Yes Jean it is a great use of the space

[bkb in the city]

@ianjb21 Ian glad you like it

[Fisher Family]

Nice shot of an interesting building.

Ian

[bkb in the city]

@fishers Thanks Ian

[Richard Hickey]

Cool picture.

[bkb in the city]

@agedrunner Thanks Richard