- Built
- 1952–1953
- Recognized
- 2025
- By
- Local government
The register’s text, word for word
Description
The Dze L K'ant Friendship Centre is a three storey modern style building located in the heart of downtown Smithers, British Columbia at 1188 Main Street. The historic place includes the building.
Heritage value
The Dze L Kant Friendship Centre has historic and cultural value because of past uses as a federal government building, including the community's second post office (1954-1998), federal government services, and R.C.M.P station and jail. Since 2003 it has been a major cultural and social community centre on Main Street as the offices of the Dze L K'ant Friendship Centre. The Friendship Centre is an anchoring organization for Indigenous community members.
Character‑defining elements
The elements that define the character of the Dze L K'ant Friendship Centre include the:
- three storey flat roofed asymmetrical building with elements of modern architectural design
- brick facade corner (Main and Second Avenue)
- symmetrical line of windows on the second and third storeys on Second Avenue side
- large front "verandah" feature on Main Street
- front facing wall of panel windows on main (second) storey facing Main Street
- overhanging roofline on non-brick Main Street section
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Location
1188 Main St, Smithers, British Columbia, Canada
54.77986° N, 127.17065° W
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From the Canadian Register of Historic Places, as last updated on December 12, 2025. The register’s text is shown word for word.