The Sheriff Is In Town

Today's house was built in 1913 for Edmonton's first sheriff Walter Scott Robertson.
He arrived in Edmonton in 1881. He established a General Store and flour mill. He also dealt in real estate. He was president of the Edmonton Rifle Association.
In 1884 he was appointed Deputy Sheriff and then in 1905 was appointed sheriff.
The house was considered very unique as it was the most northerly adaptation of Frank Lloyd Wrights Prairie architecture.
Scott only enjoyed the house for a short time as he passed away in 1915. His family lived here until 1919.
I decided to take a picture straight on and then one from the side to highlight the unique design of this house

[moni kozi]

A very nice house

[Ingrid]

A lovely house! I like the "tower" with windows on all sides!

[Diana]

It certainly is very unique, lovely shots and info.

[Issi Bannerman]

What a beautiful building.

[Yao RL]

Nice place for the sheriff.

[Lois]

Great looking house! Too bad he didn’t get to enjoy it very long.

[Babs]

What a gorgeous house.

[Wylie]

It is unusual, great find.

[Ian George]

Fascinating, i have never seen a house like this before.

[Mags]

Beautiful shots! Nice history.

[Lou Ann]

Lovely history of this beautiful home. Frank Lloyd Wright homes are such treasures.

[Peter Dulis]

interesting history

[Beth]

I love the style of this house. It does look like Wright architecture.

[Harry J Benson]

Nice historic architecture, well presented

[Gosia]

Interesting

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Beautiful looking house.

[KWind]

It's very unique! Great shots.

[Bep]

Beautiful architecture.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

That is very unique! Especially the cupola in the center- even unique for Wright. Glad you showed us both views- too bad he didn't get to live in this house for long. It's really beautiful.

[Fisher Family]

A nice shot - I love the turret!

Ian

[Nina Ganci]

fascinating architecture of the sheriff's house - even though he lived there for a short time

[Margaret Brown]

Such a lovely home

[Bill]

A house full of character.

[Yoland]

Interesting architecture, great history

[KV]

Cool looking home.

[Kathie]

Interesting architecture

[LManning (Laura)]

How unusual!

[Pyrrhula]

Great shots.

[Kathy]

The roof line, with the observation "dome" is cool. Interesting house with history.

[bkb in the city]

@olivetreeann Ann glad to share this with you

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@fishers Ian it really is a great feature

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@ninaganci Nina it certainly is different

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@craftymeg Margaret glad you enjoyed this one

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@bill_gk Bill you are right about that

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@yoland Yoland I trust you enjoyed this one

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@kvphoto Glad you enjoyed this one

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@kathiecb Kathie I trust you enjoyed this one

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@ljmanning Laura it certainly is

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@pyrrhula Thanks Ferry

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@randystreat Kathy glad you enjoyed this one

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@monikozi Glad you like this one

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@ingrid01 Ingrid glad you liked this one

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@ludwigsdiana Thanks Diana glad you enjoyed this one

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@jamibann Issi glad you like this one

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@yaorenliu Yao it is a beautiful house

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@loweygrace Lois glad you like this one

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@onewing Babs glad you enjoyed this one

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@pusspup Wylie it certainly is different

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@nodrognai Ian it really is one of a kind

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@marlboromaam Thanks Mags glad to share this with you

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@louannwarren Lou Ann it is nice to have one here in Edmonton

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@pdulis Peter l trust you enjoyed this one

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@vernabeth Beth glad you liked this one

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@hjbenson Thanks Harry

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@gosia Gosia I trust you enjoyed this one

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@mittens Marilyn glad you enjoyed this one

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@kwind Thanks Kim

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@gijsje Bep glad you enjoyed this one