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Cabinetry:
Kitch; back-
splash plugs:
Bocci; dry bar
countertop:
Bartle
& Gibson;
cabinet
drawers:
Richelieu
Hardware;
viola marble
island
countertop
and back-
splash: Prairie
Stone Market;
countertop
and back-
splash
fabricator:
Jade Stone
LEFT
Archival photo
of original
house, c. 1915,
and the house
now
Highlanders take a lot of pride in the neigh-
bourhood’s historic character and unique origins.
First owned by Hudson’s Bay Company employ-
ees, then sold to John A. MacDougall in 1888, it
wasn’t until 1910 that it started becoming the
neighbourhood we know it as today. The munic-
ipality hired two real estate developers to turn it
into an upper middle-class escape from the hus-
tle and bustle of the booming city. But the Capi-
tal quickly came for it — annexing it two years
later, and connecting it to the city’s core via street-
car. (As for the name, Highlands was decided
by contest with a prize of $50 in gold.) Though
the world wars and Great Depression tested
the area, these challenges only strengthened its
community. According to a 1993 booklet, The
Highlands: Edmonton Historical Walking and
Driving Tour, “People trimmed their lifestyles, but
moved within rather than out of the Highlands.”
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