THE LOUGHEED LIBRARY
A HOUSE OF STORY
Lougheed House has witnessed the passage of time both within and beyond its walls. New lives, bold endeavours, a changing city.
THE FOUNDING FAMILY
(1891-1936)
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(1861-1936, Fort Resolution, NWT) Matriarch of family, daughter of William Lucas Hardisty and Mary Anne Allen
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(1854-1925, Brampton, ONT) Patriarch of family, son of John Lougheed and Mary Ann Alexander
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(1885-1933)
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(1889-1963)
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Father of Peter Lougheed
(1889-1963)PETER LOUGHEED
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(1898-1958)
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Family moves in before Christmas (1891)
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(1901-1931)
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(1904-1917)
THE MANY LIVES OF lOUGHEED HOUSE (1936-1979)
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City of Calgary repossesses the house and auctions off possessions (1936-1938)
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Rents the house (1939-1941)
Trains young women in domestic service -
The Canadian Women’s Army Corps (CWAC) uses the house as a barracks (1941-1946)
Lougheed Barracks operates to centralize CWAC home front efforts during WWII
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House is briefly used as a boarding house for ex-servicewomen
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The Canadian Red Cross Society rents, then purchases the property from the City of Calgary (1947-1979)
Calgary’s main blood donor clinic is established in the house
THE HISTORIC DESIGNATION AND RESTORATION (1979-2005)
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The Canadian Red Cross Society sells property to the Province of Alberta (1977-1979)
House is designated a Provincial Historic Resource so that it cannot be demolished. Premier Peter Lougheed spearheads purchase of house as a place to recognize Alberta’s history.
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Province ofAlberta beginsto evaluate what to do with the property (1980-1985)
Caretaker Bert Pendlebury and his family live in the house to maintain it, but house falls into disrepair.
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The Lougheed House Conservation Society is created, and the house and gardens are designated a National Historic Site (1992-1995).
The house is restored to how it looked in 1925.
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Restoration is completed and the house opens as a museum (2005)
