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Calgary, Canada

Memorial Park Library

Calgary, Canada

Memorial Park Library
Photo: Dean T Mullin of the Calgary Public Library · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons

Open to visitors

The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.

Strollie cannot guarantee access — always check before you travel.

Opening hours
Mo-Th 10:00-20:00; Fr 10:00-18:00; Sa 10:00-17:00; Su 12:00-17:00
Wheelchair access
Accessible

From OpenStreetMap — confirm before travelling

Find out more

Memorial Park Library in Calgary, Alberta, is a Beaux-Arts public library completed in 1912 and designed by the architectural firm McLean & Wright. Built as a Carnegie library—part of the philanthropic library-building program that swept across North America in the early twentieth century—it now serves as a community branch of the Calgary Public Library. The building's classical styling reflects the Beaux-Arts tradition favored for civic institutions of its era. Recognized for its heritage significance, Memorial Park Library holds designation as both a provincial historic resource and a national historic site of Canada.

Architect

Movement

Built
Type
public library, library building, Carnegie library
Heritage
provincial historic resource, national historic site of Canada
Place
Calgary, Canada

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Location

51.04114, -114.06989