This cache is hidden in the Nutana neighbourhodd near a few more
buildings of historical interest. The cache contains only a log.
Please bring your own writing utensil. Please use stealth as there
may be muggles around.
Grace Westminster United Church
The Methodist predecessor to this church was Saskatoon's first
church, established in 1892. This building was constructed in 1928,
but it is actually the third building for the church. The tower was
added in 1949. The church was named after Grace Fletcher, a
pioneer, a business woman, a women's rights advocate, and a strong
church woman.
Gustin Residence/Trounce House 512 Tenth Street
The Trounce House and The Gustin House form a Municipal Heritage
Property comprising one city lot in the Nutana district of
Saskatoon. The property features two residences, The Trounce House,
a one-storey wood-frame building located at the rear of the lot and
The Gustin House, a one-and-a-half-storey wood-frame building
located at the front of the lot. This designation excludes the
basement, kitchen and upper storey of The Gustin House.
The heritage value of The Gustin House resides in its
association with Lyell Gustin, pianist and music teacher, and his
music studio. Between the 1920s and the 1980s, hundreds of students
visited the residence to receive instruction in the
specially-designed piano studios. This important musical setting
was also a focal point for the development of the Saskatoon musical
arts community with professional musicians, artists and visitors
attending soirees and recitals there. Regular meetings of the
Musical Art Club of Saskatoon founded by Gustin were also held
there.Heritage value of The Gustin house also lies in the unaltered
1920s style of the home and its unique layout. A specially designed
piano studio is divided from the living room by a pair of sliding
doors. Closing the doors creates separate living room and studio;
opening them creates a performance space in which recitals were
held. The proximity of the music studio, acoustical features such
as pocket doors, and a central galley library with
specially-designed shelving facilitated both performances and
private instruction, while the enclosed front verandah accommodated
summer classes. The house remains as it was at the time of Gustin's
death.
The heritage value of The Trounce House resides in its
association with the early history of Saskatoon. In addition to
being the oldest known building in the city, constructed in 1883,
the house was the object of the first real estate transaction in
what was then the Temperance Colony of Nutana. The house is
strongly associated with the family of Harry and Bessie Trounce,
who opened Saskatoon's first permanent store here in 1885. Later,
the house was returned to residential use. In 1920 the house was
moved to its present location at the rear of the lot where it was
used a garage. Heritage value also lies in The Trounce House's
pioneer vernacular architecture and the inception of wood-frame
residential construction in Saskatoon. A wood-frame house of three
rooms with a loft, it is believed to have been built from the first
load of lumber barged downstream to the Temperance Colonization
Society.
