Legislature and Interpretive Centre

A.M. Jeffers, the architect who designed Alberta's Legislative Assembly Building, was born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island in 1875.  He studied architecture at the Rhode Island School of Design before moving to Edmonton in 1907 and replacing Edward Hopkins as Provincial Architect.  Jeffers supervised work on the Legislative Assembly Building from 1907 to 1912.  He is also credited with designing a number of Alberta's best known public buildings, including courthouses in Calgary, Fort Saskatchewan, Cardston and Wetaskiwin, and McDougall School (now McDougall Centre) in Calgary.

When Jeffers resigned as Provincial Architect in 1912, Richard Blakey took over the project and completed the building.  Blakey made a number of changes in Jeffers' design, particularly in the rotunda and grand staircase.

Jeffers served as the City of Edmonton's architect until 1915, before going into private practice.  In 1923 he moved to California where he died in 1926.