Percheron Box Stalls
In French: Écurie des percherons
Also known as Building 29
About Percheron Box Stalls
Percheron Box Stalls is one of 30 Classified Federal Heritage Buildings in Foothills County. The register gives 1902–1928 for Percheron Box Stalls. 24 other places on the registers stand within 400 m.
Located on the northern perimeter of the Bar U Ranch National Historic Site of Canada, the Percheron Box Stalls, also known as Building 29, constructed to accommodate and breed Percheron horses, consists of three simple, shed-roofed wings arranged in a U plan around a central paddock. The shed roofs meet each other at the corners of the U forming hipped roofs at these locations. The shed-roofed wings are made up of long banks of box stalls facing onto the paddock. The walls of the west and north wings are of light frame construction, with exterior walls clad in vertical boards and batten. The east wing’s wall assembly consists of peeled logs standing in the earth, sheathed with horizontal boards, pierced with windows and supporting a narrow clerestory. The designation is confined to the footprint of the building.
From the Canadian Register of Historic Places, Percheron Box Stalls · Open Government Licence – Canada · the register’s own words, unchanged
Of the buildings Canada owns, the most significant are Classified.
Make it a walk: 5 historic places in about 10 minutes
Foothills County · about 600 m on foot, as the crow flies
- 1Percheron Box StallsStart here
- 2Slaughter House, Building 27Classified Federal Heritage Building · 200 m on
- 3Hay ShedClassified Federal Heritage Building · 100 m on
- 4Post Office, Building 5Classified Federal Heritage Building · 200 m on
- 5Storage Building 8Classified Federal Heritage Building · 100 m on
7 within 300 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Questions about Percheron Box Stalls
What is Percheron Box Stalls?
Since 1993, Percheron Box Stalls has been a Classified Federal Heritage Building.
Can you visit Percheron Box Stalls?
Its exterior is visible from public ground; access inside is up to the owner.
Is Percheron Box Stalls protected?
Yes, while the federal government owns it: changes go through its heritage review.
When was Percheron Box Stalls built?
By its record, Percheron Box Stalls dates from 1902–1928.
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Sources: Parks Canada, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations · Canadian Register of Historic Places (federal extract) · Photos: Wikimedia Commons, each credited with its licence and copied to our own server · Wikidata (CC0) for map points, other names and articles.
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