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By Angie Rolheiser

Physical Heritage Conservation

Restoration project at Melfort Court of Queen’s Bench courthouse receives Heritage award

Nov 5, 2021 | 11:51 AM

The Melfort Court of Queen’s Bench courthouse restoration project has been honoured with a Saskatchewan Heritage Award.

The work on the project took place from October 2020 to March 2021.

Project Architect Wes Moore told northeastNOW there were a few areas of the historic building that were worked on last winter.

“The project included expanding a small court room to provide more functional space and there were some security upgrades required for the Sheriff’s office,” Moore said.

The upgrades earned the courthouse one of the three provincial awards for physical heritage conservation.

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The Saskatchewan Heritage awards ceremony took place on Tuesday in Regina, where Moore was able to accept the award along with his father and partner in Moore Architecture Consulting Group Ltd.

Lieutenant Governor Russ Mirasty presents Wesley Moore and Moore Architecture Consulting Group Ltd. with Physical Heritage Conservation award. (Submitted photo/Heritage Saskatchewan)

“The criteria is any project that advances the conservation of the heritage fabric, in this case, it was a building, but it could be other things such as landscapes,” Moore said. “Any project that advances the conservation of those to protect the cultural heritage embodied in those situations is what they look for.”

Moore has been involved with the heritage community on several levels for a while as well as with the Heritage Foundation.

“I have grown to understand and appreciate the importance of these buildings that are a long-time part of a community and how these physical manifestations can bolster the cultural heritage of a community,” Moore said.

These ‘landmarks’ in a community are precious and Moore is grateful to be part of preserving them.

“It is something that people come to expect because they have been there for so long and they remind us of the past and provide us with services that can help us form the future,” Moore said. “It is a nice circle that comes around and are great parts of a community.”

In 2019, the Historic Post Office window project was also honoured with a physical heritage conservation award.

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