New Brighton Block takes 1912 building to new heights

The Ernest Brown Block opened for business in 1912, the elegant Edwardian headquarters of Edmonton’s leading photographer, Ernest Brown. For years, the three-storey red brick and limestone building, later known as the Brighton Block, was one of the most iconic commercial buildings on Jasper Avenue, a symbol of Edmonton’s first great building boom.
In 2003, the Ukrainian Canadian Archives and Museum of Alberta bought the Brighton Block, along with the Lodge Hotel next door, with plans