Répertoire du patrimoine communautaire

Dze L K'ant Friendship Centre

Smithers, Colombie Britannique

Construction
1952–1953
Reconnaissance
2025
Par
Administrations locales (C.-B.)

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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.

Valeur patrimoniale

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.

Éléments caractéristiques

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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Emplacement

54.77986° N, 127.17065° W

Itinéraire (s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)

L’inscription au répertoire ne rend pas un lieu accessible au public. Beaucoup sont des résidences ou des commerces privés; admirez-les depuis la rue.

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