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William T. Ogden House | |
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General information | |
Architectural style | Neo-Classical |
Town or city | Stirling, Alberta |
Country | Canada |
Coordinates | 49°30′02″N 112°31′37″W / 49.500575°N 112.526826°W |
Construction started | between 1910-1919 |
Completed | between 1909-1913 |
Demolished | Historic Building |
Client | Private |
Technical details | |
Structural system | Brick |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | William T. Ogden & Bent Rolfson |
William T. Ogden House is a historic Neo-Classical Georgian style brick mansion located on 3 acres (12,000 m2) in Stirling, Alberta, Canada. Construction of the house began in 1910 and was finished in 1919 by William T. Ogden. The house has been a rooming house, pool hall and a dance studio, and in 1934 it became a temporary school for grades 1 through 4 due after the local school was affected by fire. This home is actually mentioned in village records as thought to be haunted as far back as the 1950s. Every Halloween, the owners conduct Stirling Haunted Mansion tours, making it the largest haunted house in Southern Alberta.[1] The Santa Claus Mansion event is held there each December in conjunction with a Christmas lights tour. A 16-inch (410 mm) gauge mini railroad, the Lost Frontier Mini-Railway, winds its way around the estate.