Hart House (Calgary)

This article is about the building in Alberta. For the building in Toronto, see Hart House (University of Toronto).

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Hart House
The Hart House overlooking Calgary
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Former namesVarsity Heights
Crandell House
Alternative namesHart Mansion
Crandell-Hart House
General information
StatusProtected, used as a hotel
TypeMansion[1]
Architectural styleVictorian[2] and Edwardian[3]
Address435 Patina Place SW[3]
Town or cityCalgary, Alberta
CountryCanada
Completed1905

The Hart House, sometimes known as the Hart mansion,[4] is a residence located in the Patterson Heights neighbourhood of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Once owned by Stu Hart, it was home to his extensive professional wrestling family for 52 years from October 1951 until Stu Hart's death in October 2003. While not built for them nor any longer under ownership of the Harts, the mansion continues to be referred to as the Hart House.[5]

During the ownership of the Hart family the mansion's basement was used as a training hall and wrestling school known as the Hart Dungeon, which produced many successful pro wrestlers.[6] Besides the Hart family the mansion also housed many other wrestlers as well as an abundance of family pets and circus animals which were sometimes used in the Stampede Wrestling shows.[7][8][9]

The building has a large historical value for the wrestling industry and WWE recognized it as being as important and significant as Madison Square Garden.[10] In 2012 the building was declared a heritage site by the city of Calgary.[11][12][13]

  1. ^ http://www.avenuecalgary.com/December-2010/A-Hart-House-Christmas/ https://archive.today/20180130220411/http://www.avenuecalgary.com/December-2010/A-Hart-House-Christmas/
  2. ^ Marshall, Andy (2016). Thin Power: How former Calgary Mayor Rod Sykes stamped his brand on the city . . . And scorched some sacred cows. FriesenPress. ISBN 9781460283974.
  3. ^ a b "The City of Calgary". Calgary.ca. Retrieved 21 July 2018.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ Marsha Erb (2002). Stu Hart: Lord of the Ring. ECW Press. p. 17 pp. ISBN 1-55022-508-1.
  5. ^ Johnson, Mike (January 10, 2013). "HART FAMILY LAUNCHES NEW PROMOTION, LIVE IN THE OLD HART HOUSE AND MORE NEWS". pwinsider.com. Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved 2016-04-27.
  6. ^ Logan, Shawn (April 26, 2008). "Taking falls in the New Hart Dungeon". SLAM! Wrestling. Canadian Online Explorer. Archived from the original on June 5, 2016. Retrieved 2016-04-27.
  7. ^ Marsha Erb (2002). Stu Hart: Lord of the Ring. ECW Press. p. 8 pp. ISBN 1-55022-508-1.
  8. ^ Mooneyham, Mike (April 29, 2012). "WWE diva Natalya: Pretty in pink but red hot in the ring". The Post and Courier. Archived from the original on 2016-03-06. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
  9. ^ Hart, Bret (April 17, 2004). "Positive heroes key for kids". SLAM! Wrestling. Archived from the original on January 20, 2013. Retrieved July 21, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  10. ^ "Stu Hart's Hall of Fame profile". WWE.com. Retrieved April 14, 2011.
  11. ^ "Calgary's Hart House to be declared a heritage site". CBC News. December 3, 2012. Retrieved 2014-05-15.
  12. ^ Gandia, Renato (December 3, 2012). "Calgary's famous Hart House to be declared a heritage site". Calgary Sun. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
  13. ^ Zickefoose, Sherri (April 11, 2013). "House and Hound rebuffed". Calgary Herald. Retrieved July 21, 2018 – via PressReader.