Little Chief Service Station

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Little Chief Service Station
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Little Chief Service Station
General information
Architectural style Spanish Colonial
Location344 20th Street W
Town or city Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Country Canada
Construction started1929
Completed1929
Client Texaco

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]

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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.

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References

  1. "Little Chief Service Station". Canada's Historic Places; a Federal, Provincial and Territorial Collaboration. Retrieved 2011-09-10.
  2. "Little Chief Service Station". City of Saskatoon. Archived from the original on 2011-03-27. Retrieved 2011-09-10.
  3. "Police Service Contact Information". Saskatoon Police Service . Retrieved 2011-09-10.
  4. "Important Dates". City of Saskatoon. Archived from the original on 2011-09-30. Retrieved 2011-09-10.
  5. "Little Chief Police Station under review". CKOM 650 . Retrieved 2011-09-10.
  6. "Little Chief a failed 'experiment'". StarPhoenix. August 17, 2011. Retrieved 2011-09-10.

Coordinates: 52°07′35″N106°40′29″W / 52.12639°N 106.67472°W / 52.12639; -106.67472

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