Hearts of Oak School 1907 - 1957

Long abandoned stone one room school somewhere in the vicinity of Carlyle, Saskatchewan. The inside is not in great condition nor is the roof in good shape. The building though looks rock solid.

I had been after this one for a few years. The first time I was here the road had snowdrifts. The second time was in the spring and it had rained recently and the road was soft. This time I went in mid July and there was no damn snow or soft roads to worry about this time. This is one of my favourite one room schools to date.

Random black and white

Stone house in Alameda, Saskatchewan.

Stone Building

A stone building in an open field near Liebenthal, Saskatchewan. I think this is a barn, albeit one of simple design...almost looks like a garage. There aren't many stone structures in this part of the province so this was a lucky as well as a pleasant surprise.

- Michael Truman

Past Presence Website

St. George’s Anglican Church 1892 - 1913

Got his location from a friend of mine. This is in the southwestern corner of Manitoba about a couple of miles from the Canada/US border. It is the remains of a stone church with a small cemetery. I would have loved to get closer however I did not feel like trudging through snowdrifts. It will be a return visit some summer.

There is a good write up on it here: 

glenbowe.home.blog/2021/05/01/manitobas-stonehenge/

Abandoned Saskatchewan

This one had been on my list for a couple of years. I had seen it posted on internet forums and no one posted the location. Not that I expected the location to be posted, people do not usually post locations for fear of places being vandalized. After some sleuthing and examining Google Maps a person that I have never met but correspond with online helped me find it. I will say that it is south of Disley, Saskatchewan.

Photos were shot from the road. I would have loved to get closer, the grounds were very wet. It is a long abandoned two storey stone house that must have been something back in the day.

Somewhere between Harptree and Viceroy, Saskatchewan

On a range road sits this great stone house. It is on private property. Shot from the road.

 

Cessford, Alberta stone house

This is a little south of Cessford. I drove by here on September 5, 2021 on my way home from Saskatchewan. Every few years there seems to be a little less of this house.

There is a nice write up here. 

forgottenalberta.com/2018/07/

Foster School 1897

Not all that far from Abernathy, Saskatchewan. There are some interesting stone buildings in this area. It is not very big and nothing to see inside.

Quick take - Motherwell Homestead 1907

A National Historic Site of Canada located near Abernathy, Saskatchewan. I wanted to drive by the house just to see it. There are a number of interesting stone buildings in this part of Saskatchewan. It is in a park where there are agricultural buildings, a restaurant and employees that dress up like people in the early 1900’s which is not my thing. I prefer to run across places in the middle of nowhere where I do not have to pay to see them.

William Richard Motherwell was the first Agriculture Minister of Saskatchewan and was a federal Minister of Agriculture in the Canadian government.

Violette School 1909 - 1964

North of Balcarres, Saskatchewan located here: 

50.878222, -103.540530

I have no problem giving the location of this one as it is right beside a highway.

There are supports at each corner to keep it stable and there is a cable wrapped around it to keep it together. This has been on my list for some time for the sole reason that I wanted to see it. This is not a very big building.

 

Abandoned Saskatchewan

Old stone house in southern central Saskatchewan.

Little Stone Chapel

On a farm northeast of Mundare, Alberta.

Abandoned Alberta - quick take

Remains of a stone house northeast of Tofield, Alberta. Posted this one before a few years ago with several photos. Made a quick stop here the other day to see what kind of shape it was in. Still standing tall.

 

The old stone house

This is southwest of Amisk, Alberta. Stone houses are rare in Alberta. It is restored and open to the public.

The upper level.

Remains of a stone house near Ruthilda, Saskatchewan

It is located right here:   51.917088, -108.462991

Zion – Wheatwyn Lutheran Church, Saskatchewan

Paraphrased from:

https://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=7065&pid=0

Around 1900, a small group of German Lutheran immigrants settled in this district. They held informal church services on the neighbouring farms and established Zion Evangelical Lutheran congregation in the spring of 1906. A cornerstone was laid in the late summer on land donated by one of the original members, John Lingner, and construction began soon afterwards. The church was dedicated on November 3, 1907, and regular services were held there until 1961 when the congregation merged with St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in nearby Markinch. The church is still used for special services, funerals, weddings, etc. It is designated a municipal heritage property in January 1982, and a provincial heritage site in July 2005.

Heritage value resides in the church’s stone construction and Gothic Revival architecture. Constructed from local field-stone, the church includes three symmetrically-placed pointed arch windows on each side, and a cupola facing the east. Visited in January 2019, located in the Rural Municipality of Cupar, Saskatchewan.

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1901 Balgonie United Church

A beautifully restored 1901 stone church in Balgonie, Saskatchewan. It was used as a church until 1973 when the church moved to a newer building nearby. The stone church was renovated into a seniors centre and later into a daycare. After the daycare closed the Town acquired the church and assisted with the renovation efforts. 

When we stopped in the town in mid-January 2019, we were lucky that a town employee had stopped at the church to check things over and graciously let us come inside to see the interior. He himself has helped with the work inside the church and he gave us a tour - we thanked him for his contributions on preserving prairie history before we continued on our way. If you are in the area, it is definitely worth a few minutes of your time!

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