Deane House

Courtesy of the Glenbow Archives - the Deane Residence in 1906 in its original location at Fort Calgary

Named for Captain Richard Burton Deane, the last superintendent of Calgary, Deane House is the only remaining North West Mounted Police (NWMP) building in Calgary.

Courtesy of Fort Calgary - Sketching of the original Deane House

Captain Deane built the house in 1906 upon his wife’s refusal to live in barracks. Martha Deane fell ill and had been sent to the west coast for treatment. Deane ordered the construction of a new commanding officer's residence and encouraged the workers to finish the house in time for Christmas. Sadly, Martha Deane died on December 23rd and never lived in her new home.

Courtesy of the Glenbow Archives - Mrs. Martha Deane wife of R. Burton Deane and son, Harold, at Regina, Saskatchewan.

In 1914, the Deane House was purchased by the Grand Trunk Railway and moved to a new location to serve as the office and Station Master’s house, sparing it from demolition – the fate of all the other Fort buildings.

In 1929 it was moved once more, this time across the Elbow River where it exists today along 9th Avenue. It was used as a boarding house for several decades and was named Jasper Lodge. It was later purchased by Alex Brotherton, who renamed the building Gaspé Lodge, until the late 1960’s. In the 1970s it was used as an art gallery, called The Dandelion Gallery.