00000nam 2200000za 4500 9.852693 CaOODSP 20221107154638 cr ||||||||||| 180301s1983 oncaoe #o f000 0 eng d (paper) 0660113155 CaOODSP eng n-cn--- R61-2/9-2E-PDF R61-2/9-2E Carter, Margaret. Early Canadian court houses [electronic resource] / compiled by Margaret Carter. [Ottawa] : National Historic Parks and Sites Branch, Parks Canada, 1983. 258 p. : ill., photos, plans Studies in archaeology, architecture and history Digitized edition from print [produced by Saskatchewan Polytechnic Library]. Bibliography: p. 251-258. Partial contents: The Canadian court houses: an overview / Margaret Carter -- Early court houses of Newfoundland / R.R. Rostecki -- Early court houses of the Maritime Provinces / C.A. Hale -- Early court houses of Quebec / André Giroux -- Early court houses of Ontarioi / Kelly Crossmand and Dana Johnson -- Early court houses of the old Territorial North West and the Prairie Provinces / G.E. Mills, R.R. Rostecki, C.J. Taylor and Margaret Carter -- Early court houses of British Columbia / G.E. Mills. "Court houses are among the most conspicuous public buildings in Canada. Their prominence reflects the importance Canadians have long attached to their courts as instruments of justice and symbols of social stability. This study examines the early surviving examples of this building type within the context of the court systems they were built to serve, the choice of designs and means of construction employed in varous parts of the country during its formative years, and the roles the buildings subsequently performed within their respective communities. To this end all extant court houses built before 1914 in the East and before 1930 in northern Ontario and the western provinces have been individually researched"--Abstract, p. 4. gccst Architectural heritage gccst Heritage buildings Parks Canada. Studies in archaeology, architecture and history. (CaOODSP)9.836869 PDF 112.61 MB https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2018/pc/R61-2-9-2-eng.pdf