City of Regina Archives Photograph Collection, CORA-RPL-B-244

Title: Legislative and Executive Building and Power House
Date: Drawing: ca. 1907; Print: ca. 1986
Retrieval Number: CORA-RPL-B-244
Extent: 1 B&W Print; 20.5 cm x 25 cm
Scope and Content Note: Print of drawing of grounds of Legislative Building and Power House for design competition. Design by Edward & W.S. Maxwell. Winning Design. Note: copyright for this item is held by the City of Regina Archives. Permission for reproducing this image must be obtained from the City of Regina Archives.
Access Restrictions: None
Photographer: Unknown
Parent fonds/collection: RPL Photograph Collection
Historical Note: This was part of the winning design submitted by the team of Edward & W.S. Maxwell for the Saskatchewan Legislative Building. Edward & W.S. Maxwell were Montreal-based brothers whose design was chosen from among the designs submitted by six internationally prominent architects. The cornerstone for the building based on the Maxwells’ design was laid by Governor General Earl Grey in 1909. The building opened on October 12, 1912.