McEown Park (Saskatoon)

 dormitory, apartment building

McEown Park, the U of S student high-rise complex located on former experimental plots just south of the main campus, was opened on 2 October 2 1970. Designed the D. H. Stock Partnership and built for a little over 5.5 million dollars, the project doubled the on campus student accommodation to 1,200. Named to honour University administrator, A.C. McEown, it consisted of three buildings: Souris Hall, a nine-storey town house for married students with children; Assiniboine Hall, an eleven-storey apartment house for married students without children and single students sharing accommodation; and Seager Wheeler Hall, a fourteen-storey residential house for single students living in small groups. Like the other campus residences, Souris and Assiniboine Halls were named after rivers. Seager Wheeler Hall was named in honour of one of Saskatchewan’s pioneer wheat breeders. Wollaston Hall was added to the complex in 1976.