Little Chief Service Station Explained

Little Chief Service Station
Location:344 20th Street W
Location Town:Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Location Country:Canada
Client:Texaco
Construction Start Date:1929
Completion Date:1929
Style:Spanish Colonial

The Little Chief Service Station (built in 1929) is a designated Municipal Heritage Property located in the Riversdale, neighborhood of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. It was originally built as a gas service station for Texaco Oil Company of Canada. Cars and farm vehicles were often serviced at the station while owners shopped in the Riversdale area.[1] The restored building design makes use of white stucco walls, rounded roof tiles, decorative brick, heavy tiled cornices, roof parapets, iron windows and copper gutters.[2]

After renovations, the Saskatoon Police Service started using the building as a community policing station on April 29, 2003.[3] [4] In 2011 closing the community policing station was identified as a cost-saving measure, with a focus on having police officers on patrols in the neighborhood.[5] [6] The Riversdale Business Improvement District has been located there since May 2008.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Little Chief Service Station. Canada's Historic Places; a Federal, Provincial and Territorial Collaboration. 2011-09-10.
  2. Web site: Little Chief Service Station . City of Saskatoon . 2011-09-10 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110327130005/http://www.saskatoon.ca/DEPARTMENTS/Community%20Services/PlanningDevelopment/DevelopmentReview/HeritageConservation/HeritageProperties/Pages/LittleChiefServieStation.aspx . 2011-03-27 .
  3. Web site: Police Service Contact Information. Saskatoon Police Service. 2011-09-10.
  4. Web site: Important Dates . City of Saskatoon . 2011-09-10 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110930064204/http://www.saskatoon.ca/DEPARTMENTS/City%20Clerks%20Office/City%20Archives/City%20History/Pages/SignificantDates.aspx . 2011-09-30 .
  5. Web site: Little Chief Police Station under review. CKOM 650. 2011-09-10.
  6. Web site: Little Chief a failed 'experiment'. StarPhoenix. August 17, 2011. 2011-09-10.