Foursquare homes were very popular in Edmonton in the 1910s. There are many surviving examples that provide wonderful character to some of the city's older neighbourhoods.
The Foursquare style was popular in the 1910s and 1920s among all socio-economic classes, and was a vernacular form of the Prairie style. The style was named for the typical house layout, which was a square footprint with equally divided interior spaces. The main floor had a foyer, kitchen, dining room, and living room, and the upper floor had three bedrooms and a bathroom. Upper-class homes were larger, used brick rather than wood, and utilized more decorations. Although two storey examples dominated, the foursquare style was also occasionally applied to single storey homes.