Visit Heritage Park
1900 Heritage Dr. S.W. Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2V 2X3
Email: info@heritagepark.ca
Phone: 403.268.8500
Barons Snooker Parlour
Closed
Hours of Operation
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Monday
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
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Thursday
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Friday
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Saturday
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Sunday
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The Historical Village is closed for the season, aside from special events. Gasoline Alley Museum and the Railway Café are open year-round!
Exhibit Details
Category
Building/Museum
Guest Amenities
- Wheelchair Accessible
About the Barons Snooker Parlour
“Doc” Mendenhall, his brother-in-law, Walter Hatfield, and Augustus Clay, bought a lot from the railway land agent in Barons, Alberta, and built Barons Snooker Parlour in 1910. While pool halls had a bad reputation with temperance-minded folk in those days, they were a popular place for men to spend their leisure time.
The building originally had room for just one pool table, but was later expanded to make room for three more, two bowling lanes and a bathroom, where patrons could take a bath for 75 cents. Heritage Park purchased the hall, complete with tables, cues, billiard balls and scoreboard from the Town of Barons for $3,000 in 1969.
