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3015 Glencoe Road S.W. (William J. Millican residence, later Nickle family residence, then Anglican Diocese of Calgary Synod Office.

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Title	3015 Glencoe Road S.W. (William J. Millican residence, later Nickle family residence, then Anglican Diocese of Calgary Synod Office.
Identifier	aj_0555
Subject	Calgary (Alta.) -- History
Location	Calgary, Alberta
Time Coverage	1968
Photographer	Alison Jackson
Donor	Alison Jackson Estate
Type	Still Image
Repository	Calgary Public Library, Central Library, Local History Room
Collection	Alison Jackson Photograph Collection
Rights	Copyright Calgary Public Library. 616 Macleod Trail SE, Calgary AB, T2G 2M2, 1+(403)260-2785 information@calgarypubliclibrary.com
Date Photo	1968
Format Photo	4" x 5" internegative
Width Digital	5687
Height Digital	6018
File Size	33448.078 KB
File type	TIF
Notes	“Then & Now” columns appeared weekly in the Calgary Herald between 2002 and 2005. The following article appeared January 13, 2004. Millican Residence 3015 Glencoe Rd. S.W. Then: Millican Residence • This graceful three-story stucco residence was built in 1914 on a triangular lot in the heart of the Elbow Park area for prominent Calgary lawyer William Millican. For nearly 20 years after the Millican family moved out in 1924, it served as an Osteopathic Health Home. The house continued a history of prestigious inhabitants with the next owner, Samuel Nickle, who by 1956 had established his company, Anglo American, as one of the country's largest Canadian-owned integrated oil companies. Samuel and his wife, Olga, who was an accomplished violinist, raised four children here, including Carl, who was a member of Parliament (1951-56) and founder of the Daily Oil Bulletin, an oil industry magazine. In 1968, this philanthropic family, which donated $1 million to establish the University of Calgary's Nickle Arts Museum, generously gave the house on Glencoe Road to the Calgary diocese of the Anglican Church. The house was designated a provincial historic resource in 1981. Now: Private residence • From 1968 to the late 1990s, the former Nickle residence housed the offices of the Calgary diocese of the Anglican Church. The escalating costs of maintaining the home was a factor in the diocese's decision to move to another location. In 1999, they turned it over to Designer Showcase, a fundraising initiative for the Kids Help Line. After an extensive makeover by local designers, the house was opened to curious Calgarians for the traditional few weeks of the annual showcase event. It was subsequently sold and is now once again privately owned.
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3015 Glencoe Road S.W. (William J. Millican residence, later Nickle family residence, then Anglican Diocese of Calgary Synod Office.

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