Grierson Centre

Minimum Security Prison in Alberta, Canada

53°32′38″N 113°28′46″W / 53.54389°N 113.47944°W / 53.54389; -113.47944Completed1912 (Barrack Block)
1936 (Addition)
1957 (Addition)Opened1912 (RCMP)
1998; 26 years ago (1998) (Prison)Closed1975 (RCMP)CostCA$70,000 (1912)ClientCorrectional Service CanadaDesign and constructionArchitect(s)Roland Lines

The Grierson Centre, also known as Grierson Institution, is a minimum security prison and historic site in Downtown Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The institution is operated by the Correctional Service of Canada.^[1]

The Grierson Centre originally served as the North-West Mounted Police's Divisional headquarters in Edmonton upon its completion in 1912.^[2] Prior to 1912, the detachment was stationed in Fort Saskatchewan for a period of 34 years before moving to the growing City of Edmonton.^[3] The barracks, as designed by architect Roland Lines, were completed at a cost of CA$70,000 and included stables and ten cells within the complex.^[3]

One of the buildings in the Grierson Centre, former RCMP Centre Building 3, was designated a Recognized Federal Heritage Building on January 17, 1985.^[4] The compound was expanded in 1936 and again in 1957 to meet the growing needs of the RCMP detachment.^[2] In 1975 the RCMP would vacate the site, and the property would fall into the use of Correctional Service of Canada.^[2]

References

^ "National facility directory". csc-scc.gc.ca. Correctional Service of Canada. 11 February 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c Federal Heritage Buildings Review Office (5 July 1985). Building Evaluation Report: File No. 2.5.10 (PDF). Ottawa, Ontario: Government of Canada. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
^ ^a ^b "NWMP ED Barracks". Alberta Heritage Survey Program. Government of Alberta. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
^ Grierson Centre. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 21 July 2020.