Southam Chambers

The Southam Chambers was a six-storey office tower located at 206 7th Avenue South West in Calgary, Alberta. Designed by Montreal architectural firm Brown and Vallence and built between 1912 and 1913, the Southam Chambers was one of Calgary's earliest examples of modern architecture. Between 1932 and 1981 the Chambers was the main office for the Calgary Herald, during which time it was also known as the "Herald Building." The Southam Chambers was demolished in 2013.
The Southam Chambers was one of two buildings at the intersection of 1st Street West and 7th Avenue South built contemporaneously by the Southam Company, the other being the Southam Building.
History and Design
Built between 1912 and 1913, the Southam Chambers originally housed a furniture store, and later, various other retail. Between 1925 and 1931 the building served as a temporary "Public Building" and was occupied by government offices and a post office. In 1932 the Calgary Daily Herald moved out of the Southam Building and set up office in the Chambers. It remained there until 1981.
In 1967 a marble cladding was added to the building, covering all of the original exterior. A walkway was also built out of the north end to the Herald's printing plant located behind it on 6th Avenue.
In January 2013 the Southam Chambers was demolished.

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