Peter MacKinnon Building
The Peter MacKinnon Building is a historic university building on the University of Saskatchewan campus in Saskatoon, Canada. Built between 1910 and 1913, it was designed in the Collegiate Gothic style with an Elizabethan E shape by architects Vallance & Brown. It is part of a group of six Gothic campus buildings set around a green space known as The Bowl.
The cornerstone was laid on July 29, 1910, by Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier, and the building officially opened on May 1, 1913. It was originally faced with greystone limestone mined just north of the campus, later replaced by Tyndall Stone from Manitoba when the local supply ran out. The two-storey façade features gargoyles, oriel windows, and Gothic arches. The College Building was not the first structure on campus; nearby residences for the Field Husbandry and Agriculture deans were completed in 1911 and 1912, respectively.
In 1982 the building was designated a Provincial Heritage Property, and in 2001 it was named a National Historic Site of Canada. The interior once included Nobel Plaza, memorial plaques, a machinery room, and a convocation hall, and it originally served students studying Agriculture, who learned tasks like milk testing, butter making, and cheese ripening. The building was closed for restoration in 1997 and reopened in 2005 after work by Cochrane Engineering and Friggstad Downing.
On September 6, 2005, Premier Lorne Calvert and U of S President Peter MacKinnon rededicated the building. In 2012, it was renamed the Peter MacKinnon Building. Today it continues to be recognized as both a National Historic Site and a Provincial Heritage Property, and it now houses two art galleries and a museum.
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