Grierson Centre
Main building at the Grierson Centre.
Former namesRoyal Canadian Mounted Police Building
Alternative namesGrierson Institution
General information
TypeMinimum Security Prison
Architectural styleCollegiate Gothic & Tudor Gothic
LocationEdmonton, Alberta, Canada
Coordinates53°32′38″N 113°28′46″W / 53.54389°N 113.47944°W / 53.54389; -113.47944
Completed1912 (Barrack Block)
1936 (Addition)
1957 (Addition)
Opened1912 (RCMP)
1998 (1998) (Prison)
Closed1975 (RCMP)
CostCA$70,000 (1912)
ClientCorrectional Service Canada
Design and construction
Architect(s)Roland Lines

The Grierson Centre, also known as Grierson Institution, is a minimum security prison and historic site in Downtown Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The institution is operated by the Correctional Service of Canada.[1]

The Grierson Centre originally served as the North-West Mounted Police's Divisional headquarters in Edmonton upon its completion in 1912.[2] Prior to 1912, the detachment was stationed in Fort Saskatchewan for a period of 34 years before moving to the growing City of Edmonton.[3] The barracks, as designed by architect Roland Lines, were completed at a cost of CA$70,000 and included stables and ten cells within the complex.[3]

One of the buildings in the Grierson Centre, former RCMP Centre Building 3, was designated a Recognized Federal Heritage Building on January 17, 1985.[4] The compound was expanded in 1936 and again in 1957 to meet the growing needs of the RCMP detachment.[2] In 1975 the RCMP would vacate the site, and the property would fall into the use of Correctional Service of Canada.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "National facility directory". csc-scc.gc.ca. Correctional Service of Canada. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 Federal Heritage Buildings Review Office (5 July 1985). Building Evaluation Report: File No. 2.5.10 (PDF). Ottawa, Ontario: Government of Canada. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  3. 1 2 "NWMP ED Barracks". Alberta Heritage Survey Program. Government of Alberta. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  4. ↑ Grierson Centre. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 21 July 2020.


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