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City of Regina Archives
Photograph Collection, CORA-RPL-B-475 |
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Title: Legislative Chamber in Session
Date:
1924
Retrieval Number: CORA-RPL-B-475
Extent:
1 B&W Print; 25 cm x 7.5 cm|
Scope and Content Note: Legislative Chamber
in session. Government of Hon. Charles Avery Dutton (Liberal).
Access Restrictions: None
Photographer:
Unknown
Parent fonds/collection: RPL Photograph
Collection
Historical Note: Before the Legislative
Building was constructed, the business of the North West Territories,
and later the provincial government of Saskatchewan, was conducted
in the Territorial Administration Building, a small brick structure
that sits on Dewdney Avenue not too far from Government House and
the North West Mounted Police (now RCMP Depot) barracks. When the
provincial government decided that the Legislative Assembly and the
province’s growing number of civil servants no longer fit the
tiny building, a large new building was constructed on land originally
owned by the McCallum Hill Company. The provincial government’s
floor space in the new building was about ten times larger than it
had been in the Territorial Administration Building! The new Legislative
Building – affectionately known to Regina residents as “The
Leg” (pronounced lej) – became a showpiece for the city.
The total cost of the building, land and furniture was $2,350,000,
and it took four years to finish the structure. The building was designed
on a cruciform plan with an impressively large dome topping the centre.
The exterior featured Tyndall stone walls (a type of grey stone that
contains fossilized animals and plants), and thirty-four different
types of marble were used inside and out. The heart of the building
was the Legislative Chamber, which provided ample room for legislators
and spectators alike. |
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