156 Street and Stony Plain Road Across the Years

1880s-1949, 1949-1964, 1964-1990, 1990-Present, Architecture and Construction, Britannia-Youngstown, Canora, Cinemas, Education and Schools, Glenwood, Industry, Infrastructure, Local Businesses, Town of Jasper Place, Transportation, West Jasper Place

Colette Lebeuf

1943

The intersection of 156 Street and Stony Plain Road is seen in the centre of this aerial photo dating from 1943.

At the time, the area was known as West Jasper Place, which was administered as part of the Municipal District of Stony Plain No. 519 between 1913 and 1942. The jurisdiction changed to the Municipal District of Spruce Grove No. 519 from 1942 to 1949.

Visible from east to west: the M.D. Muttart Lumber Yards in the 154 Street block; the Central School buildings south of Stony Plain Road east of 156 Street; Hi Way Service Station and James Wright’s grocery to the east of the school. Note the forested and farm areas.

1950

The corner of 156 Street and Stony Plain Road on April 27, 1950.

On December 29, 1949, the area between 149 Street and 170 Street was Incorporated as the Village of West Jasper Place. On November 6, 1950, it became the Town of Jasper Place

Shows the southeast corner of Stony Plain Road looking east from 156 Street. Central School is in the background; the businesses, west to east: Southern Fried Chicken (15545), owned by Nellie Goward who went on to run Nellie’s Southern Chicken further west; Horan’s Hardware (15539); Al’s Barber Shop (15535); and Hep’s Dine & Dance (15527).

Children crossing Stony Plain Road on their way to Central School on April 27, 1950. Shows the northeast corner at 156 Street.

In the background: Tic-Toc Toggeries (15560 Stony Plain Road); Jasper Place Village Office, a beauty parlor; CAC Barber Shop, and Clock Auto Court at 15540 Stony Plain Road;

1960

September 29th, 2009

156 Street looking north with the old Jasper Cinema on the left, 2009. Photographer: Alex Abboud, via Flickr, CC BY-NC-SA2.0.

Corner of 156 Street and Stony Plain Road looking northeast, 2009. Note the trolley bus lines, which would soon be removed because that transit system stopped in 2009. Photographer: Alex Abboud, via Flickr, CC BY-NC-SA2.0.

Alex Abboud posted a number of photographs in an album labelled “Stony Plain Road” on Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/alexabboud/albums/72157622415938211/). All of the photos were taken on September 29th, 2009.

November 3rd, 2020

Don Bouzek of the Jasper Place Community History Project took the following photos on this date to document the buildings at the corner of 156 Street and Stony Plain Road that would be soon removed due to the construction of the Valley Line West LRT.