Municipal Heritage Property

Milden Community Museum

Milden, Saskatchewan

Also known as Milden District School

View of the front entranceway.
Photo: Government of Saskatchewan, Jennifer Bisson, 2003.

Built: 1917
Recognized: 1984
By: Local government

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Description

The Milden Community Museum is a Municipal Heritage Property located prominently on the northwest corner of Main Street and Saskatchewan Avenue in the Village of Milden. The property features a wood-frame, one-storey former schoolhouse constructed in 1917 and moved into Milden in 1951.

Heritage value

The heritage value of the Milden Community Museum lies in its history as a public building. Originally a one-room schoolhouse, the building was constructed in 1917 as the first school in the Equity School District. Equity School, as it was called, operated as a Grades 1-8 school until 1942 when it was closed. The building remained vacant until 1951 when it was moved to its current location in the Village of Milden. It served Grades 1 and 2 until it was closed again in 1956. In 1969, the Milden Museum Corporation purchased the property and, in 1970, opened it as the Milden Community Museum. The Museum has maintained the property since, making a number of renovations to the building to incorporate a growing number of artifacts and displays.

Source:

Village of Milden Bylaw 21-83.

Register entry

No. 7858

Recognition: Municipal Heritage Property
Recognized by: Local Governments (SK)
Statute: Heritage Property Act, s. 11(1)(a)
Date recognized: June 6, 1984
Built: 1917
Historic function: One-Room School
Current function: Museum
Themes: Education and Social Well-Being
Address: Milden, Saskatchewan, S0L, Canada

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Reference

“Milden Community Museum.” Heritage Guide, Canadian Register of Historic Places entry 7858. https://heritageguide.ca/milden-community-museum-milden-saskatchewan.

Wikipedia

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Character‑defining elements

The heritage value of the Milden Community Museum lies in the following character-defining elements:

-those elements that reflect the property’s history as a public building, such as its typical school house architecture including its distinctive window wall, segmented windows, hip roof, rectangular plan, blackboards, bell dormer with bell, and flag pole.

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