St. Luke’s Hall

GENERAL

Alternate Titles

Royal Canadian Legion Branch #3

Type / Purpose

Community Center

Location

18 McCurdy Street, Miramichi, New Brunswick

Description

St. Luke’s Hall in Miramichi is a two-storey red brick Queen Anne Revival building with a protruding square towers at each of its four corners

Heritage Value

St. Luke’s Hall is a Local Historic Place located at 18 McCurdy Street, Miramichi. It mainly notable due to its unique architectural value. Originally a parish center, this brick building was designed by Reverend Robert Fulton, minister to St. Luke’s Methodist Church (not to be mistaken for his father, the “Paris Crew” oarsman of the same name). Construction on the hall began in 1913. With its jerkin roof and pyramid-roofed square towers at each corner, it is a very good example of the Queen Anne Revival style.

Fitting its original role as a parish centre, the hall once contained several facilities, including fifteen classrooms, a few gentlemen’s and ladies’ parlours, a missionary society room, a gymnasium, a library, a kitchen, an auditorium with a capacity of 600 people, and a bowling alley. Though most of these features are no longer present, the spatial arrangement of the interior hints at these past attractions. In the present, the hall serves as a meeting place for the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #3.

Heritage Recognition

Municipal Register of Local Historic Places (2006/03/23)

ARCHITECTURE

Date of Construction

1913

Character Defining Elements

- Two-and-a-half storey central massing
- Two-storey square tower on each of the four corners, all with rectangular windows and pyramidal roofing
- Red brick exterior with regular fenestration
- Jerkin roof
- Interior design reflecting various former facilities when the building was a parish center

Architect/Designer

Reverend Robert Fulton

SOURCES AND DOCUMENTS

Photos

Angled view of St. Luke's Hall, photographed by the City of Miramichi, 2006. Image taken from historicplaces.ca

Sources Contributors

Gabrielle Byrne

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