History
Jasper Place Community History Project
Ground Zero Productions is just getting started on a community history project.
They aim to create a Community Collection of oral history interviews, videos and photos of the people that have lived in Jasper Place. They are gathering Indigenous stories, stories of the first settlers, and of people who just arrived. They also want the stories of people who just arrived and remember their first impressions of their new home. These parts of our history will be documented, archived and shared back with the community.
Check them out at http://jasperplacehistory.org/.
If you’re interested in sharing your memories of the Jasper Place, or if you have old photos and memorabilia, please contact the project at jasperplacehistory@outlook.com.
Longtime Jasper Place Resident?
Join the closed Facebook group "I lived in Jasper Place before it became part of Edmonton" if you lived in JP before 1964. The group has over 400 members.
Presentation to the Edmonton Historical Board
Take a tour past the first groups of historic homes and buildings identified in the Jasper Place communities.
Properties Chosen for Inventory of Historic Resources:
Britannia/Youngstown
- Hall Residence 16451 - 104 Avenue NW
- Hore Residence 10231 - 157 Street NW
- Lesick Residence 16506 - 103 Avenue NW
- Steele Residence 16450 - 105 Avenue NW
- Stingley Residence 10225 - 158 Street NW
Canora
- Doth Residence 14902 - 104 Avenue NW
- Lumpe Residence 10235 - 153 Street NW
- Richard Residence 10245 - 153 Street NW
- Salahub Residence 10250 - 153 Street NW
- Waithe Residence 10531 - 152 Street NW
Glenwood
- Bevington Residence 9705 - 162 Street NW
- David Residence 15723 - 100A Avenue NW
- Giesbrecht Residence 9648 - 161 Street NW
- Gray Residence 9722 - 162 Street NW
- Newman Residence 9602 - 163 Street NW
- Smolec Residence 9946 - 163 Street NW
West Jasper Place
- Burgess Residence 9842 - 155 Street NW
- Cameron Residence 15205 - 99 Avenue NW
- Fuller Residence 9902 - 152 Street NW
- Neher Residence 9939 - 152 Street NW
- Pederson Residence 9514 - 154 Street NW
- Spurrier Residence 9805 - 155 Street NW
- Thompson Residence 9604 - 150 Street NW
- Visser Residence 9710 - 153 Street NW
Commercial
- Apache Seeds (1964 section of building only) 10136 - 149 Street
- Imperial Building 15110 - Stony Plain Road (to be demolished for LRT)
- Jasper Place Curling Club 16521 - 107 Avenue NW
- Jasper Place Health Unit 15626 - 100A Avenue NW
- Jasper Place Savings and Credit Union 10137 - 150 Street NW
- The Pantry 9702 - 154 Street NW
- Town of Jasper Place Fire Hall 15701 - Stony Plain Road NW (recently demolished)
Churches and Parks
- Assembly of God Missionary Fellowship 10347 - 153 Street NW
- Ebenezer United Church 16302 - 106 Avenue NW
- Holy Spirit Roman Catholic Church 10412 - 159 Street NW
- Butler Memorial Park 15715 - Stony Plain Road
Schools
- Brightview School 15425 - 106 Avenue NW
- Grant MacEwan Community College, Jasper Place Campus 10045 - 156 Street NW
- Jasper Place Separate School District Headquarters 10421 - 159 Street NW
Jasper Place Historic Resources Inventory
Do you remember this scene?
The City of Edmonton, with Heritage Consultants, Donald Luxton & Associates, are launching an exciting project to develop a Historic Resources Inventory for the Jasper Place area (which includes the Britannia-Youngstown, Canora, Glenwood and West Jasper Place neighbourhoods). The consultant team will be working closely with community stakeholders over the next four months to develop a historic context and list of up to 44 historic resources in the community that can be added to the City’s Historic Resources Inventory. Sites on the City’s inventory are not legally protected, but are eligible for designation (by the owner’s request) which will allow them access to funding at the city and provincial level. The consultant team is interested in hearing from you to help build the historical profile for the community. If you have any historical photographs of the neighbourhood, or old documents relevant to the former Town of West Jasper Place (incorporated in 1950) or any other aspect of the neighbourhood, please contact us at the below email or phone number.
We are also undertaking interviews of early members of the community so if you know of anyone of interest, please let us know. We will be providing updates through the West Jasper Place Community League Communication Director over the next few months. Please stay tuned for details on an upcoming Open House in the new year.
Over the next couple of months, we will be in the neighbourhood taking pictures of houses and buildings. Please don’t hesitate to drop by and say hi.
We are very much looking forward to working in this important historical neighbourhood!
Laura Pasacreta, Branch Lead
Donald Luxton & Associates
403 457 4011
laura@donaldluxton.com
