Strome Memorial Hall

Strome Memorial Hall

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Strome Memorial Hall

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Strome Memorial Hall

Strome, Alberta

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The original Strome Memorial Hall was built in 1920 to serve as a memorial to the village's war dead and as a community gathering place. Fifteen men from the Strome district lost their lives in the First World War, a devastating loss to a community of less than 300 people. The hall was destroyed by fire on September 28, 1935.

Construction of the current hall began less than three weeks later. A brick chimney on the north elevation and a gable-roofed shed slightly to the south of the hall are the sole remaining elements of the original 1920 building. Two bronze plaques, bearing the names of the district's fallen soldiers from the First and Second World Wars are affixed to the Hall on either side of the front vestibule.

The Strome Memorial Hall is now the home of Sodbusters Archives Museum.

Source: Alberta Culture and Status of Women, Historic Resources Management Branch.

Inscription

MEMORIAL
HALL

Location
Strome Memorial Hall

5027 50 Street
Strome
Alberta
GPS Coordinates
Lat. 52.8118993
Long. -112.0660474