Concrete Mosaic
A testament to historical salvage
Dianne Wilson is well known in the Saskatoon historical community. She is a member of the Heritage Society Board and contributes to their Saskatoon History Review magazine. She’s a font of information about the city’s earliest development,
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notable community builders and fascinating details about countless circa-1900s properties, particularly in the Nutana area. She’s also a bit of a pack rat archeologist. That shows in the back yard of her 1912 home on 11th Street East where she has
salvaged and repurposed materials from demolition sites around the city. Taking Stock Dianne bought the house in 1998. It was built by Robert McIntosh, who lived just across the street at 516. For
a short time, Alvin Fletcher resided there; he was a relative of Grace Fletcher for whom Grace Westminster Church is named. The Oliver family called it home from 1917 to 1940. That was when Mrs. Elizabeth Kinch and her third husband Richard
