Whitecourt named by Walter White, who was the postmaster and the son-in-law of former Kansas governor John W Leedy, who also settled in the community.
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Location: Whitecourt is located in the west central part of the Province. ..
Judicial District: Edmonton Judicial District
Provincial Court Courthouse – Whitecourt
Location: 5020 52 Avenue / 51 Street
Built: 1980 – 1982
Style: Modern
Architect: Alberta Department of Public Works
Contractor: Unknown
Description: The building faces south and is a two story brown coloured brick, glass and concrete structure. The building is located on spacious landscaped grounds in the centre of Whitecourt. The south front has a sloping glass wall with recessed entrance. On the east side are two red coloured brick walls with concrete section between having a recessed first story. The roof line is flat. At the entrance is a two story atrium behind the sloping glass wall. The courtroom is on the east side of the first story and houses the Provincial Court. The building is the Provincial Building. An addition was constructed in 1994. The architect was N W Stroich Architect Ltd. An addition was constructed on the west side in 2019. The architect was Alberta Infrastructure and the contractor was K-Rite Construction Ltd. of Edmonton.
See: Within the Edmonton Judicial District is the Court of Queens Bench at Edmonton and Provincial Courthouses located at Athabasca / Barrhead / Boyle / Breton / Drayton Valley / Edson / Evansburg / Fort Saskatchewan / Grande Cache / Hinton / Jasper / Leduc / Mayerthorpe / Morinville / St. Albert / Sherwood Park / Stony Plain / Vegreville / Westlock
Provincial Court Courthouse – Whitecourt
Photos taken 2019