Ross Block

The Ross Block was built in 1894 by W E Ross. It was South Edmonton's first hardware store. In 1897 the upper floor was converted into a meeting hall. Later it houses Edmonton's Masonic Lodge.
Overtime the upper floor was converted into apartments. Over the years the ground floor housed a feed store, a restaurant, a clothing store and a nightclub.
Today it is home to an art store

[Sarah Bremner]

Lovely in sunlight. I wonder if W E Ross was Scottish - Ross is a very familiar surname in my home area. (Ross-shire)

[Nick]

It looks Italian - great colour

[Dione Giorgio]

Quite a history for this place. Thanks for sharing.

[Lou Ann]

What a lovely building, I like your angle.

[Suzie Townsend]

Beautiful! I love older architecture.

[Mags]

Wonderful old building with those architectural details!

[Peter Dulis]

nice building

[Diana]

Lovely old building and interesting info.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Great looking building and interesting history.

[Catherine P]

Good composition

[Fisher Family]

What an interesting story of how the building and its uses have evolved.

Ian

[Lin]

Love seeing local buildings/businesses like this - nicely captured.

[tony gig]

Great shot.

[Margaret Brown]

Nice capture, I like the colour scheme!

[Jacqueline]

Great capture!

[Nina Ganci]

beautiful building with a very diverse history

[Tunia McClure]

Living over a night club might be a little noisy. An art store is a good idea.

[Jean]

cool looking building!

[KV]

Love that street lamp.

[haskar]

Great pov and colours. Lovely old building.

[Pat Knowles]

Hardware stores are on your mind & mine today! Yours is nicer looking than mine!

[gloria jones]

Super angle capture to see the building's facade

[Dee L.]

Nice composition! Love old buildings.

[Judith Johnson]

I love having a nose around a good hardware store

[Dustyloup]

Thanks for the good stories as always Brian!

[Annie-Sue]

I did a walk around historic Edmonton - wonder if I saw this!

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Great shot

[Kathy]

I always thought it would be fun to live upstairs over a smaller store like this.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Good-looking building! It's also quite versatile!

[Tom]

Wonderful capture and story

[Sylvia du Toit]

Thanks for sharing.

[Harry J Benson]

Interesting history of this building – thanks for sharing

[Esther Rosenberg]

Nice colored buildings

[eDorre]

Neat history and pov!

[Jay]

So unique and very well kept

[bkb in the city]

@dustyloup You're welcome

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@anniesue Annie Sue when were you here

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@elisasaeter Thanks Elisabeth

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@randystreat Kathy a lot of people must think that as it is very popular these days

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@olivetreeann Yes Ann it certainly is

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@tosee Thanks Tom glad you enjoyed this one

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@sdutoit Sylvia you're welcome

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@hjbenson Harry you're welcome. Glad you enjoyed this one

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@dutchothotmailcom Esther glad you like it

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@edorreandresen Glad you enjoyed this one

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@jaywoods Yes that is for sure

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@sarah19 Sarah it is very possible as Edmonton had a number of immigrants from Scotland

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@365nick Nick glad you enjoyed this one

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@sangwann Dione you're welcome

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@louannwarren Lou Ann glad you like this one

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@stownsend Suzie glad to share this with you

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@marlboromaam Glad you enjoyed this one

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@pdulis Peter glad you like this one

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@ludwigsdiana Diana glad you enjoyed this one

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@mittens Marilyn glad to share this with you

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@cmp Thanks Catherine

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@fishers Ian glad you enjoyed this one

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@linnypinny Thanks Lin. Glad you enjoyed this one

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@tonygig Thanks Tony

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@craftymeg Thanks Margaret glad you like this one

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@jacqbb Thanks Jacqueline

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@ninaganci Nina glad you enjoyed this one

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@tunia Tunia l am not sure if the apartments were there at the same time

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@jernst1779 Jean glad you enjoyed this one

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@kvphoto Due to the history in the area they have added vintage lamps

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@haskar Haskar glad you enjoyed this one

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@happypat Pat glad you like this one

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@seattlite Thanks Gloria

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@flygirl Dee glad you enjoyed this one

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@busylady Interesting to know

[Annie-Sue]

@bkbinthecity 2012! - I must look back at my photos!