Little Chief Service Station

Little Chief Service Station
Little Chief Service Station
Interactive map of the Little Chief Service Station area
General information
Architectural style	Spanish Colonial
Location	344 20th Street W, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Construction started	1929
Completed	1929
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]

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.

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.

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