by South Hill | May 14, 2024 | 1901-1910, Residential Buildings
Whitehorse Miller House Architectural History: The building is a one-storey wood frame with bellcast hipped roof covered in asphalt shingles. The exterior is covered with roll asphalt siding. The foundation is a wood sill construction. Cultural History: This structure...
by South Hill | Jan 12, 2024 | Heritage Places, Museums and Interpretive Centres
Watson Lake Northern Lights Centre Northern Lights Centre in Watson Lake is home to the Yukon’s only visitor facility dedicated to the science and folklore of the aurora borealis. A two-part presentation which features “The Yukon’s Northern Lights” (filmed and...
by South Hill | May 14, 2024 | 1901-1910, Residential Buildings
Whitehorse O’Connor House Architectural History: It was a long, narrow wood frame structure consisting of two sections with gable roofs and a small gable entry on Second Avenue façade. The building was set on a wood sill foundation and its exterior was covered with...
by South Hill | May 14, 2024 | 1941-1950, Commercial Buildings
Whitehorse Old Firehall Architectural History: This building has a two-storey frame structure and a flat roof. As well it has two overhead doors and a concrete block foundation. In 1940 the roof was raised 4 feet in order to accommodate living quarters on the second...
by South Hill | May 14, 2024 | 1941-1950, Commercial Buildings
Whitehorse Old Legion Hall Architectural History: Three sides of the structure were log walls with the fourth extended by a frame section. It had a gable roof and a frame shed dormer. The approximate size was 66′ by 33′. In 1963 there was a new addition. The building...
