A. YOUNG HOUSE The house is an imposing two-and-one-half storey brick structure, which occupies three-and-one-half lots and displays a large lawn and garden beautifully landscaped with trees and shrubs.
ASH RESIDENCE William Thomas Ash and his family were the first occupants of this house in 1913. Mr. Ash, along with his brother Sidney, established the prosperous downtown ‘Ash Brothers Diamond Hall’ in 1907.
ATKINSON RESIDENCE Magrath-Holgate & Co. took out a $4,500 building permit for this house in November 1912 as part of its effort to stimulate construction in The Highlands.
BAWTINHEIMER RESIDENCE Mr. Bawtinheimer arranged for the construction of this two-and-a-half storey Cube style residence in 1906.
BURY RESIDENCE Ambrose Upton Gledstanes Bury was born in Ireland in 1869. He received an MA degree from Trinity College, Dublin, in 1890 and came to Edmonton in 1912.
CHOWN RESIDENCE At $4,800, the Chown Residence was the most costly of the four houses on Grace Street build by Magrath-Holgate & Co. The architect was listed as “Owner,” but Ernest Morehouse probably designed the Four Square Style home.
FIELD RESIDENCE James Williamson Field came to Edmonton in 1914 and moved into this house in 1915. It was yet another of the Magrath Holgate houses developed in November 1912.
GIMBY RESIDENCE Anyone who recalls Canada’s centennial in 1967 will recognize the Gimby name. In that year, Bobby Gimby was Pied Piper to Canada’s children, and made the centennial theme song, “C-A-N-A-D-A”, familiar across the country.
HOOSON RESIDENCE William Knight Hooson was 91 when he died on July 14, 1967. He had arrived in Edmonton in 1911. In 1916, he and a partner set up an insurance business, the Hooson-Racey Co., and in 1919 he branched out on his own with The Hooson Company.
MOREHOUSE RESIDENCE Ernest William Morehouse, more than any other architect, influenced the early development of The Highlands. From 1912 until 1915, permits show he designed thirteen buildings in The Highlands, and as Magrath-Holgate’s in-house architect, may have designed up to thirty more.
