Fireweed Studio
62°27′14″N 114°22′38″W / 62.45387°N 114.37720°W
The Fireweed Studio is a log cabin in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada, located in Somba K'e Park near City Hall. It was built in the late 1930s to house explosives at what later became Giant Mine, and later moved to its present location. In 1996 it was listed on the Canadian Register of Historic Places;[1] two years later it was designated a city Heritage Building for its status as a well-preserved remnant of the city's early years.[2]
Following its construction, it was used for a year to store explosives. After more modern facilities were built for that purpose,
Building
Fireweed Studio is located along the west side of 49th Avenue between 52nd and 53rd streets, at the eastern edge of the small Somba K'e Park. On the north side of the park is Yellowknife's modern brick city hall. An open expanse of grass to the west descends via a series of
The building itself is a one-storey
In the middle of the three front
Both sides have windows in the second and fourth of their five bays covered by locked vertical flushboard
History
The cabin was built in 1939 at
At first, the chamber planned to use it as a tourist information centre. While it did some work toward that end the following year, Yellowknife's city hall was also being built nearby, and the contractor was allowed to store some construction materials in the cabin in exchange for
The cabin continued to serve as a tourist information centre throughout the 1980s. Some work was done in 1988 to replace drywall and flooring in the interior. Four years later, the city's current tourist centre was built, and the crafts guild, one of Canada's oldest,[3] moved in.[2]
After the tourist centre moved out in 1992, the craft guild took over, opening to the public to sell the works of its member artists on Saturdays and holidays during the summer.[2] In 1998 the city designated it a Heritage Building.[2] It was added to the Canadian Register of Historic Places in 2004. "An attractive, well-kept, nicely weathered building," the Register says, "it has been a continuous part of life in Yellowknife since the 1930s. Today, in its location on City Hall grounds, it is a familiar landmark and symbol of Yellowknife's early years."[1]
Five years later, in 2009, during some landscaping changes in the park, it was moved slightly to its current location where it was put on a newly poured concrete
See also
- List of historic places in the Northwest Territories
- Log Cabin School, another 1930s log cabin nearby with a city and national heritage designation
- Architecture portal
- Canada portal
- Visual arts portal
References
- ^ a b c "Fireweed Studio". Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Fireweed Studio" (PDF). City of Yellowknife. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
- ^ a b c "Yellowknife Guild of Arts and Crafts (Fireweed Studio)". Northwest Territories Arts. July 31, 2015. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
- ^ ACME Mapper (Map). Cartography by Google Maps. ACME Laboratories. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
- ^ a b Sachs, Danielle (August 27, 2013). "Tuesday temptations". Northern News Services. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
External links
- Media related to Fireweed Studio at Wikimedia Commons