Municipal Heritage Property

File Hills Post Office\Thompson Farm

Also known as Morrison Homestead., File Hills Post Office

File Hills Post Office, 2004
Photo: Government of Saskatchewan, Brett Quiring, 2004

Built: 1900
Recognized: 1989
By: Local government

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Description

The File Hills Post Office/Thompson Farm is a Municipal Heritage Property located within the Rural Municipality of Tullymet No. 216 approximately five kilometres south of the Town of Ituna. The property features a farm yard, fieldstone foundation of a barn and a two-storey fieldstone and log post office built in 1900.

Heritage value

The heritage value of the File Hills Post Office/Thompson Farm lies in the property’s association with the early postal service in the area. The small, vernacular fieldstone and log post office was constructed by the area’s first postmaster, T.G. Morrison, in 1900 on his homestead. The building served that function until 1907 when the postal operations were moved to a different site.

After 1911, the property continued its use as a farmstead, providing a home to Charles and Bertha Thompson, who raised ten children on the property. The farmstead features a shelterbelt and a stone foundation of a barn. In 1989, the Thompson children erected a plaque to commemorate the property’s use as a farmstead.

Source:

Rural Municipality of Tullymet No. 216 Bylaw No. 95-4.

Register entry

No. 2757

Recognition: Municipal Heritage Property
Recognized by: Local Governments (SK)
Statute: Heritage Property Act, s. 11(1)(a)
Date recognized: March 29, 1989
Built: 1900
Significant dates: 1900–1911
Builder: T.G. Morrison
Historic function: Post Office
Current function: Single Dwelling
Themes: Settlement
Address: Thompson Road, Tullymet RM 216, Saskatchewan, S0A, Canada

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Reference

“File Hills Post Office\Thompson Farm.” Heritage Guide, Canadian Register of Historic Places entry 2757. https://heritageguide.ca/file-hills-post-office-thompson-farm-tullymet-rm-216-saskatchewan.

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Character‑defining elements

The heritage value of the File Hills Post Office/Thompson Farm resides in the following character-defining elements:

-those elements that reflect the property’s use as a postal facility, such as its position on its original location and signage;

-log and fieldstone construction

-those elements that reflect the property’s connection to the Thompson family, such as the shelter belt, barn foundation, commemorative plaque and signage.

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