Burns Manor
| Burns Manor | |
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Burns Manor circa 1903
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| General information | |
| Status | Demolished |
| Type | Private Residence |
| Location |
 Calgary Canada
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| Coordinates | 51°02′28″N 114°04′19″W / 51.04118°N 114.07196°WCoordinates: 51°02′28″N 114°04′19″W / 51.04118°N 114.07196°W |
| Construction started | 1900 |
| Completed | 1903 |
| Demolished | 1956 |
| Cost | $32,000 - 40,000 (1903) |
| Owner | Pat Burns |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 3 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Francis M. Rattenbury |
| Main contractor | Thomas Underwood |
Burns Manor was the Calgary residence of Senator Pat Burns, a successful businessman who founded Burns Meat. It was located at 510 13th Avenue S.W. in the Beltline District of Calgary, Alberta. Construction started in July 1900 and was completed in January 1903. The property was torn down in May 1956 to make room for an expansion of the Colonel Belcher Hospital. (The Colonel Belcher Hospital's services have been relocated to Carewest Colonel Belcher, and today the original location of Burns Manor is now the site of the Sheldon M. Chumir Health Centre).
Pat Burns commissioned the house to be built in 1900. He hired his friend, Francis Rattenbury of Victoria, British Columbia to design the building. Burns was familiar with Rattenbury as they were close friends and business associates.Thomas Underwood, who would go on to serve as Mayor of Calgary, was contracted out for construction.
The exterior was primarily sandstone which was brought in from the Shaganappi Quarry and was cut on location. Lumber for the project was milled at Colonel Walker's sawmill. Sash and solid oak doors were supplied by W.H.Cushing mills. Total cost of construction was somewhere between $32,000 - $40,000 with additional funds spent on landscaping, land, and furnishing.
Burns Manor was built in the Neo-Gothic style with both Arts and Crafts and Chateau motifs. It was once described as "a mixture of French Chateau and Irish castle." Symmetrical in design, it had steeply pitched gables, ornate sandstone carvings of gargoyles and coats of arms. The extensively landscaped property, surrounded by a low stone wall, resembled an English country garden.
The interior contained eighteen rooms including ten bedrooms, four bathrooms and a conservatory. There was extensive use of fine eastern hardwood. Oak was used for doors, panelling, cornices, floors and fireplace mantles. Rooms were finished in quarter-cut oak. Furnishings were imported from England.
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