Lyonel Doherty, Times-Chronicle
The Fairview jail in Oliver will finally get heritage designation.
Town council gave first and second reading to the bylaw on Feb. 28, with a public hearing scheduled for March 14.
Oliver Mayor Martin Johansen said “it’s about time” this building received heritage status.
Councillor Larry Schwartzenberger said he couldn’t believe that it wasn’t already designated as such.
According to the Oliver and District Heritage Society, the jail on School Avenue is recognized as the oldest, externally unmodified building in the Oliver area.
References indicate its existence in the early 1890s as the new gold rush town of Fairview was beginning to attract permanent settlement.
