Announcing the release of our latest book, A Guide to the History of Banff National Park, which is now available online through our website, from retailers throughout the Canadian Rockies, and from major online book retailers for $19.95. It includes details of over 100 historic sites and heritage properties throughout the park.
Banff National Park Building Timeline
We also included a Banff National Park Building timeline, listing structures in chronological order. AS we say in the introduction to this section, the year given is the date that the existing building, or the oldest building on the site, was completed. For example, the original Banff Springs Hotel opened in 1888, but the current structure dates to 1928, which is where we have placed the hotel in this timeline.
1886 Tanglewood
1887 Earnscliffe Cottage
1889 Old Crag Cabin
1890 Peyto Cabin
1902 Indian Trading Post
1903 Banff Park Museum
1903 Bankhead Railway Station
1903 Weather Station
1904 Lake Agnes Teahouse
1905 Luxton Residence
1905 Holmes Residence
1905 Transformer Substation Building
1907 Crandell Cabin
1907 Moore Residence
1910 Banff Railway Station
1910 Kidney Residence
1910 Sanson Residence
1910 Senator Forget Residence
1910 Lake Louise Railway Station
1911 Atkin Residence
1911 Banff Springs Golf Course Clubhouse
1911 Old Mineral Springs Hospital
1911 Windy Cabin
1912 Tarry-A-While
1912 Woodside Cottage
1912 Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise
1913 Bayne Residence
1913 Crosby Residence
1913 Dave White Block
1913 Fish Hatchery Superintendent’s Residence
1913 Painter Residence
1914 Beaver Lodge
1914 Cave and Basin bathhouse
1914 James Thomson House & Cabins
1915 King Edward Hotel
1915 Rocky Mountain Tours & Transport Building
1915 Sibbald/Brewster Residence
1917 Harmon’s Building
1919 Gair Lodge
1920 Park Superintendent’s Residence
1921 Cascade Dance Hall
1921 Grant/Hemming Residence
1922 Mountain School Annex
1922 Abbot Pass Hut
1923 Bow River Bridge
1923 Storm Mountain Lodge
1923 Deer Lodge
1924 Plain of Six Glaciers Teahouse
1925 Cascade Lodge
1926 St. George’s-in-the-Pines Anglican Church
1927 Rundle Memorial United Church
1928 Banff Springs Hotel
1928 Orr Residence
1929 Harmon Residence
1929 Shadow Lake Lodge
1930 St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church
1930 Melissa’s Restaurant
1930 Skoki Lodge
1931 Whyte Residence
1932 Upper Hot Springs
1934 Childe Residence
1934 Mad Trapper’s Saloon
1935 Banff Fire Hall
1935 Cascade Gardens
1935 Paradise Lodge and Bungalows
1936 Park Administration Building
1938 Brewster Transportation Co. Building
1939 Banff School Auditorium
1939 Num-ti-jah Lodge
1939 The Crossing Resort
1942 Charlie Beil Kiln Building
1942 Post Hotel
1947 Banff Centre
1948 Hudson’s Bay Company
1950 Baker Creek Mountain Resort
1951 St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church
1952 Buffalo Nations Luxton Museum
1959 Banff Gondola
1968 Mount Royal Hotel
1968 Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies