Root Cellar, Building 13
In French: Cave à légumes, bâtiment 13
About Root Cellar, Building 13
Root Cellar, Building 13 is one of 30 Classified Federal Heritage Buildings in Foothills County. The register gives 1910–1911 for Root Cellar, Building 13. 26 more historic places stand within 400 m of it.
The Root Cellar at the Bar U Ranch is a utilitarian storage structure, comprised of a subterranean cellar with a wood frame entrance shed above that is partially buried with banked-up earth. The cellar portion consists of an excavated cellar with rocks lining its interior walls. A mound of earth, probably over a substructure of logs or timbers, covers the hollow. The shed portion, of frame construction using milled lumber, shelters the stairs leading to the underground space. The shed is sheathed with shiplap and its roof clad with cedar shingles. The colour scheme of the shed (barn red walls and white trim) is in keeping with tradition across the Prairies. The designation is confined to the footprint of the building.
From the Canadian Register of Historic Places, Root Cellar, Building 13 · Open Government Licence – Canada · as published, word for word
Classified is the higher of the two ranks the federal government gives the heritage buildings it owns.
Make it a walk: 5 historic places in about 10 minutes
Foothills County · about 600 m on foot, as the crow flies
- 1Root Cellar, Building 13Start here
- 2Implement ShedClassified Federal Heritage Building · 100 m on
- 3Dairy BarnClassified Federal Heritage Building · 100 m on
- 4Tractor Garage, Building 7Classified Federal Heritage Building · 200 m on
- 5Feed MillClassified Federal Heritage Building · 200 m on
17 within 300 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Questions about Root Cellar, Building 13
Is Root Cellar, Building 13 protected?
Yes, while the federal government owns it: changes go through its heritage review.
What is Root Cellar, Building 13?
Root Cellar, Building 13 is a Classified Federal Heritage Building, designated in 1993.
When was Root Cellar, Building 13 built?
Work on Root Cellar, Building 13 is recorded as 1910–1911.
Can you visit Root Cellar, Building 13?
The outside is easy to see; inside, it depends on the owner’s rules.
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada (Parks Canada).
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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