City of Regina Archives Photograph Collection, CORA--B-726

Title: Court House
Date: 1880
Retrieval Number: CORA-B-726
Extent: 3 B&W prints; 20.5 cm x 25 cm
Scope and Content Note: Front side view of the Court House on northeast corner of Scarth Street and Victoria Avenue , where trial of Louis Riel was held. Built in 1884, it burned down in 1895. Saskatchewan Archives Board has the original print.
Access Restrictions: None
Photographer: Unknown
Parent fonds/collection: CORA Photograph Collection
Historical Note: Regina 's first courthouse was on the corner of Scarth Street and Victoria Avenue . This is the site where the Federal Building now stands. It was replaced by a new courthouse in 1894 that stood at 2002 Victoria Avenue , where the Avord Tower now stands.