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Character Defining Elements

Distinctive features that define the character of historic structures.

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Character defining elements
248Character defining elements
Indigenous

Adaptable Exterior

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Apse

El Mirador Apartments

Arch

Arlington Apartments

Arched Entrance

Alberta Hotel

Arched Windows

Court House

Architrave

Masonic Temple- Saskatchewan Lodge #92

Artificial Stone

Sundance or Thirst Lodge

Aspen Cladding

Canadian National Railway Station-1928

Balconette

Alberta Hotel

Balcony

Dame Eliza Chenier Residence

Balloon Framed

Bowker Building

Balusters

Historical photograph of the Alberta Legislature taken in 1913.

Balustrade

Misericordia Hospital

Banding

Edmonton Power Maintenance Building

Barrel Roof

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Battlement

Ash Residence

Bay Window

Buttercup Farmhouse

Beams and Braces

Buttercup Farmhouse

Bell-cast Shingle Eaves

St. Barbara's Russian Orthodox Cathedral

Bell Tower

Hudson's Bay Company Building

Black Granite Structure

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Boomtown or False Front

Dame Eliza Chenier Residence

Boxed Eaves

Arlington Apartments

Brackets

Agency Building, 1912

Brick Cladding

Salvation Army Citadel

Brick Piers

97 Street Safeway

Brick Structure

Canadian Northern Railway Station-1905

Bull's Eye Window

First Presbyterian Church

Buttress

Brodeur House

Cantilever Projections

Athabasca, Assiniboia and Pembina Halls

Capstone/copestone

Agency Building, 1912

Carving

Armstrong Block

Cast Stone

Bard Residence

Cedar Shingle

Sundance or Thirst Lodge

Centre Pole

Sundance or Thirst Lodge

Ceremonial Space

H.v. Shaw Building

Chicago Windows

Bard Residence

Chimney

Tudor Revival

Chimney Pots

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Circular Footprint

Ash Residence

Clapboard Siding

Edmonton Power Maintenance Building

Clerestory Windows

Frederick S. Jones Residence

Clinker Brick

Downtown Post Office

Clock Tower

Yusep and Ruptash Residences

Closed Soffits

Bard Residence

Columns

Ash Residence

Concrete Block Structure

Bowker Building

Concrete Structure

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