Bremner Historic Site

Awesome

Wonderful, highly recommended if you can get a tour. We were fortunate enough to get a tour while the antique tractor show was on. Extremely well done tour of the site put on by the county staff. The house has been restored on the outside but appears to be a work in progress inside restoring more and more to original condition. Loads of recent antique donations and acquisitions are starting to fill out the home. I really look forward to where the county takes this site, they were very fortunate and forward thinking to acquire it. Your best bet to view would likely be get in contact with the county to inquire about a group tour. I hope one day they can staff the site for the season to give everyone the opportunity to see this historical gem.

Bremner House was constructed in 1912, in what is now the municipality of Strathcona County, directly east of Edmonton. This historic residence is valued for its association with the original owner, James Charles Chatterton Bremner, who came to Canada in 1885 from Scotland at the suggestion of family friend Archie Boag who had moved to Canada in 1882. By October he purchased a property adjacent to Archie and moved into a new house on June 1, 1886. Charlie’s holdings steadily expanded and he married Edith Fielders. They had no children. In 1912, they constructed the current grand residence we see today which is in excess of 5000 square feet. Charlie died in 1928 and the house was purchased by William Schroter who raised a large family here and ran a successful farm into the 1970s. In 2003, Strathcona County purchased the house with the intention of turning it into public facility that, along with its large property and buildings, would be used to interpret the agricultural legacy of the County.
Great place to take wedding or engagement photos.

We were not there to see the Museum but for the Alberta Lure Coursing Assn. Field Trial.