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Fire, floods, neglect and decay destroy hundreds of heritage properties every year. To halt the erosion of our country's stock of heritage buildings, the Heritage Canada Foundation has introduced a Landmark Preservation Program. This new initative is designed to help heritage groups raise the funds needed to buy, protect or restore a cherished landmark. For each project mentioned below, the foundation will publicize a national appeal for donations which they will collect and forward onto the projects' organizers. In this way, fundraising for an endangered heritage site is no longer limited to the local community, but can be expanded nationwide – and beyond. Pemberton Memorial Operating Room National Historic Site of Canada, Victoria, British Columbia Kogawa House, Vancouver, British Columbia McAdam Railway Station National Historic Site, McAdam, New Brunswick Coqualeetza Big House, Chilliwack, British Columbia Montreal Memorial Masonic Temple, Montreal, Quebec Pemberton Memorial Operating Room National Historic Site of Canada, Victoria, British Columbia
A compatible addition to house archives, library, research facilities and the Victoria Medical Heritage Society offices will ensure an ongoing function within the hospital complex. The Victoria Medical Heritage Society is currently raising funds for a $900,000 project which will include restoration and preservation of the existing building including roof, windows, door replicas, removal of hazardous materials, seismic upgrading and interior/exterior restoration and refinishing. The Victoria Medical Heritage Society is seeking $800,000 in donations through the Landmarks Preservation Program. Kogawa House The Land Conservancy of British Columbia has launched an appeal to purchase the Historic Joy Kogawa House situated at 1450 West 64th Avenue in Vancouver. Renowned author Joy Kogawa lived there as a child, and used it as one of the settings in her books, such as Obasan and Naomi's Road, about the internment of Japanese Canadians during the Second World War. The modest, wood frame house has become a symbol of this dark era, but it also a place for learning. The Land Conservancy's theme is, "Reconcile Past Wrongs - Bring Hope." After acquiring the Kogawa House, the Land Conservancy plans to spend some $500,000 to restore it and to convert it into a retreat for writers with an interest in human rights and multiculturalism. The total cost of the project is estimated at $700,000. The Land Conservancy of British Columbia is seeking $225,000 in donations though the Landmarks Preservation Program. Conservation of the north shoreline of the St. Lawrence Seaway and adjacent lands in South Dundas, Ontario
McAdam Railway Station National Historic Site
In 1994, the station was closed and subsequently sold to the St. John and Maine Railway Company, which in turn, transferred ownership to the McAdam Historical Restoration Commission Inc.
Coqualeetza Big House The Coqualeetza Cultural Education Centre Association is hoping to raise $400,000 through the Landmark Preservation Program, to help pay for the restoration and conversion of the Big House into the Coqualeetza Artist Studio, Teahouse, Archives and Museum. Built in 1894 by Thomas Hooper, this Romanesque-style building was originally the home of the principal of the Coqualeetza Indian Residential School. The Coqualeetza Cultural Education Centre Association is a charitable organization which promotes, preserves and documents the heritage, culture and traditions of the Sto:lo peoples. Montreal Memorial Masonic Temple
Due to years of minimal repair work, this Mont Royal landmark is beginning to show its age. As means of arresting and preventing further deterioration, the Masonic Foundation of Quebec is seeking emergency funding to repair, restore and stabilize the roof and exterior masonry. The total estimate for the first phase of the project is $260,000. The foundation is seeking $60,000 through the Landmarks Preservation Program. |
The Pemberton Memorial Operating Room (PMOR) is a rare and remarkably well-preserved late 19th century surgical facility. It was designed and constructed specifically to provide a clean or ‘aseptic’ operating environment. General anesthetics developed 50 years earlier benefited both patient and surgeon, but operations remained limited due to a 50% mortality from ‘hospital gangrene’ – cause unknown. Joseph Lister, an Edinburgh surgeon demonstrated that invisible airborne germs were responsible. He developed complex measures to exclude them from the wound. The clean operating room was a major step in the evolution of hospitals into the scientific institutions of today.
The PMOR, built to Listerian principles in 1896, was the first such facility west of Winnipeg. It was designed as a freestanding brick octagon with attached sterilizing rooms connected to the hospital by a 50 foot corridor. The room included six large windows, controlled heating and ventilation and a separate furnace for the sterilizing room. In 1926, the PMOR ceased to function as an operating room. Today, the building is vacant.
The
Dundas, Iroquois Area, Matilda, Ontario, Natural Development, Seaway,
(D.I.A.M.O.N.D.S.) Conservation Land Trust is a not-for-profit organization
dedicated to conserve the north shoreline of the St. Lawrence Seaway
and adjacent lands in South Dundas, Ontario. Projects include operating
the St. Lawrence Seaway Interpretative Centre in the Lockmaster's
House on Iroquois Point; restoring and preserving the historic Galop
Canal between Iroquois and Johnstown, Ontario, stewardship with
Domtar of the 700-acre Two Creeks Eco Forest for education, recreation
and research; the Grand Trunk Railway and CNR (1856-1958) bridges,
stations, route and other shoreline sites as opportunities for heritage
conservation; planning public parks and facilities such as boat
launches, museums and nature trails for community and visitor use
and enjoyment; conserving marshlands for wildlife habitat.
The
total cost of the project is estimated at $275,000. D.I.A.M.O.N.D.S.
is seeking $19,500 in donations through the Landmark Preservation
Program.
Designed
by Edward Maxwell, one of Canada's most prolific station designers,
the former Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) Station on Saunders Road
in McAdam, New Brunswick is a rare surviving example of both a station
designed in the Château Style, as well as one that incorporates
a hotel in its plan. Built in 1900, at a time when the CPR was emerging
from a period of depression to begin nearly two decades of growth
and expansion, the construction of this attractive two-storey stone
edifice reflected the improved financial status of the railway industry.
Two wings were later added in 1910-11 for dining, hotel and increased
baggage facilities. 
The
commission is currently raising funds for a $317,000 project, which
will include repairing and reinforcing the station's platform overhang,
which has suffered years of structural damage as a result of snow
build-up from the main roof. In some areas, the excess weight has
caused the canopy to separate from the building, which in turn,
has allowed water to penetrate the masonry resulting in significant
damage to the interior of the station. The commission is hoping
to raise $275,000 through the Landmarks Preservation Program. 
Designed
in the Beaux-Arts Neoclassical Revival Style by John Smith Archibald
Architect, Montreal's Memorial Masonic Temple is an allegoric representation
of the beliefs of the Masonic Fraternity. Built in 1929 to honour
the Freemasons who had served and fallen in the First World War,
today it is the meeting place and headquarters of the Grand Lodge
of Quebec. The Masonic Foundation of Quebec, which owns the temple,
is looking into having it formally recognized as a heritage resource
with the province of Quebec and the City of Montreal. 
