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from the city of Calgary in an interesting little land swap. Immediately to the east of the Lougheed home was the intended location of sixth Street West, but the land was a gully. Lougheed owned property on the other side of the gully, so a deal was struck. The Lougheeds kept the gully and transformed it into a terraced formal garden that would win numerous horticultural prizes between 1908 and 1914 for its fine trees and flowers. This stately mansion, built in 1891, was enlarged in 1907


for the Lougheed’s growing family. The home reflected the family’s wealth and prestige in the city, while the formal gardens were a testament to its leadership in horticulture. The Lougheeds were among Calgary’s most influential citizens and would remain so for decades. Their house was a political and social hub of this young and fast-growing prairie centre, and received many renowned visitors such as Duke and Duchess of Connaught and their daughter Princess Patricia; the Prince of Wales (Prince Edward, later


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King Edward VIII); Governor General Lord and Lady Byng; Prince Erik of Denmark; Lord and Lady Willing- don; and the Right Honourable Stanley Baldwin. Appointed to the Senate in 1889, James worked to grant


provincial status to Alberta in 1905 and was knighted for his role in establishing hospitals and services for war veter- ans. The family also supported the arts and James, success- ful in business and property development, played a role in building Calgary’s Lyric and Grand Theatres. Senator Lougheed died in 1925. During the Depression years the city took title to the house in payment for back taxes, but allowed Lady Lougheed to remain until her death. The house, now part of a thriving neighbourhood in


downtown Calgary, continued to be publicly owned and utilized, but the sunken garden was sold, filled in and covered with apartment buildings. Luckily the apartments on the east half of the property were demolished in the 1980s and never replaced, so the east half of the estate was


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