Historic Places Award Recognizes City’s Oldest Elementary
Sacred Heart School has been a mainstay along Patricial Boulevard for more than 60 years
Prince George, BC – The City’s Heritage Commission has selected Sacred Heart School as the recipient of the 2012 Historic Places Award.
Commissioner, Dr. Valerie Giles, says the award is meant to recognize Sacred Heart as the city’s oldest elementary school. It was planned and built in the late 1940s, and celebrated its official opening on October 30, 1949.
Dr. Giles says the ‘venerable’ old building’s exterior was freshly painted this past summer, retaining its traditional colour, but refreshed with bright blue trim around the windows.
The school’s principal, Sister Irene Baker, will receive the award plaque in two seperate presentations, both on Saturday, February 25th. The first is open to the public and will take place at The Exploration Place at noon. The second will be at the school’s gala fundraiser later in the evening in the ballroom at the Ramada.
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Maybe the city of Prince George and school district 57 can learn a thing or two about maintenance of their buildings, so they wont be condemmed. i.e police station, Giscome school etc.
Nice!!!
It is hard to believe that this is the city’s oldest elementary school. Newly retired is absolutely right.
Central Fort George was far older than that and they just knocked it down without any discussion. I think it was built in 1914 or so and it was a very unique building. That, to me is heritage. It’s too bad that our older, truly heritage buildings are being left to rot and moulder. We have no pride in our roots, that could be why we, as a City, can’t seem to clean up our downtown.
You may want to be careful receiving awards like this. Prince George just loves to tear down historic buildings and sites. Too bad that BC was not interested in preserving historic sites like Ontario does.
“We have no pride in our roots, that could be why we, as a City, can’t seem to clean up our downtown.”
I think you have just struck on a major reason.
We seem to be a community of people for the time we live in. But, the interest to maintain local community places and build and maintain new community places which are worth maintaining for us and those who follow does not seem to be high on our list of priorities.
Instead, we wander around other communities while on vacation and business trips and experience such things and wonder why we live in a bit of a dump in many parts of the city.
BTW, are we anywhere closer yet to removing utility poles from the middle of sidewalks?
It’s great to say that we have to preserve all these old buildings, but nobody seems to want to put their money where their mouths are.
If a building is not maintained, it becomes a hazard, and an eyesore to boot.
“but nobody seems to want to put their money where their mouths are”
Around here it seems those who own private buildings care more than those who own public buildings.
We are coming close to the time when many of the present buildings were built are turning 50.
Days Inn/Simon Fraser Hotel â 1960 = 50+
PG Vocational School (CNC) â 1964 = 49
Inn of the North â 1966 = 47
City Hall â 1966 = 47
Playhouse Theatre â 1966 = 47
Royal Bank Building â 1968 = 46
Time to start spending money on renovating or tearing down.
And, of course, the pulp mills.
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