Vegreville - American Courthouses

Vegreville is named for Father Vegreville, who was an Oblate priest and an expert linguist of native languages.

Location: Vegreville is located in the eastern central part of the Province.

Judicial District: Edmonton Judicial District

Old Courthouse – Vegreville

Location: 4809 50th Street / 49th Avenue

Built: 1930 – 1931

Style: Classical Revival

Architect: Richard Palin Blakey

Contractor: Foote and Allyn of Edmonton

Description: The building faces west and is a two story Flemish bond red coloured brick and Tyndall limestone structure. The building is “L” shaped. The building is located on landscaped grounds. The west front has a limestone centre section with arched entrance on the first story. A horizontal belt runs below the second story windows. There is a raised section at the roof line above the entrance. The roof is hipped. he building now houses the offices of Minburn County.

Note: Other subcontractors were J McGregor ( electrical ), R P Speis of Vegreville ( plumbing ) and North-West Electric Company of Edmonton ( electrical ). The cost of construction of the courthouse was $54,000.

See: Similar courthouses designed by Richard Palin Blakey and constructed at Medicine Hat and Red Deer.and courthouses at Blairmore, Taber and Vegreville.

Provincial Court Courthouse – Vegreville

Location: 4809 50th Street / 49th Avenue

Built: 1972 -1973

Style: Modern

Architect: William Hnidan

Contractor: Unknown

Description: The building faces west and is a two story red coloured brick and concrete structure. The west front has a central recessed glass entrance. The south and north sections project westwards and the north section is two stories with vertical pilasrers between the windows. The roof line is flat. The building houses the Provincial Court of Alberta – Edmonton Judicial District.

See: Within the Edmonton Judicial District is the Court of Queens Bench at Edmonton and Provincial Courthouses located at Athabasca / Barrhead / Boyle / Breton / Drayton Valley / Edson / Evansburg / Fort Saskatchewan / Grande Cache / Hinton / Jasper / Leduc / Mayerthorpe / Morinville / St. Albert / Sherwood Park / Stony Plain / Vegreville / Westlock / Whitecourt