Harry Measure (M.E. Des.) CEO of The SEER Resort Company, and Principal of Harry Measure + Associates, has long been fascinated by Victorian mining town architecture. Originally from Trail, Measure is pleased to be back in the area sharing his research on the Rossland Miners' Union Hall and the Rossland Provincial Courthouse. In his presentation, Measure will discuss the origins and evolution of the miners’ labor movement in the North American Inter-mountain west, and its struggle with industrial capitalism and government during the second half of the 19th Century.’ The spread of organized labor from the United States to Rossland, BC during the final years of the 19th Century will also be discussed to better understand Rossland’s international significance as a major venue in this heritage of conflict.
Through careful analysis of the architectural styles and decorative elements exhibited in Rossland’s Western Federation of Miners’ Union Hall and the BC Provincial Courthouse, this conflict will be interpreted and will further establish the unique significance of these two cultural resources as visual metaphors of this socio-political struggle. This analysis of architectural styles as metaphors of this conflict has not been identified in any previous research.
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