{"id":568033,"date":"2026-03-29T05:42:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T05:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/568033\/"},"modified":"2026-03-29T05:42:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T05:42:15","slug":"former-pm-joe-clarks-boyhood-home-hits-the-market-for-less-than-1-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/568033\/","title":{"rendered":"Former PM Joe Clark\u2019s boyhood home hits the market for less than $1 million"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>A historic home tied to former prime minister Joe Clark has been listed for sale in southern Alberta, offering buyers a rare opportunity to own a piece of Canadian political and local history.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Clark Residence, located in the town of High River, was originally built in 1909 by newspaperman Charles Clark Sr., founder of the High River Times, according to a property listing on Realtor.ca<\/p>\n<p>The property later became the boyhood home of Joe Clark, who served as Canada\u2019s 16th prime minister from 1979 to 1980.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1767930311_275_national.jpg\" alt=\"Get daily Canada news delivered to your inbox so you'll never miss the day's top stories.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet daily National news<\/p>\n<p>Get daily Canada news delivered to your inbox so you&#8217;ll never miss the day&#8217;s top stories.<\/p>\n<p>The property has been recognized for its historical significance and was added to the Canadian Register of Historic Places in 2007.<\/p>\n<p>According to the listing, the three-bedroom, 2.5-bathroom property sits on a large, mature lot and has been restored and updated in recent years to maintain its historic character while improving structural integrity and livability.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore on Canada<br \/>\n\t\t\tMore videos\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The home also features two full bathrooms on the upper level, noted as a relatively uncommon feature for a heritage property. It also has a private second-floor porch off the primary bedroom.<\/p>\n<p>Its heritage value is tied not only to its association with the Clark family but also to its representation of middle-class domestic life in early 20th-century Alberta, according to the Historic Resources Management branch.<\/p>\n<p>The listing describes the home as a rare opportunity to own a preserved residence where historical character and modern updates meet.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2026 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Descrease article font size Increase article font size A historic home tied to former prime minister Joe Clark&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":568034,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[218670,49,48,218669,199389,218671,44],"class_list":{"0":"post-568033","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-canada","8":"tag-alberta-real-estate","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-canadian-history","12":"tag-historic-homes","13":"tag-history-lovers","14":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=568033"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568033\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/568034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=568033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=568033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=568033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}