(Photo courtesy/Hudson Bay Heritage Park, Facebook)

By Ben Tompkins

Heritage Building

Hudson Bay teahouse demolished, 1,600+ teacups in search of new home

Aug 2, 2025 | 11:48 AM

A very historic building in Hudson Bay recently had to be taken down, due to its age.

After extensive consultation and consideration, the Hudson Bay Heritage Park (HBHP) had its teahouse demolished as it was structurally unsafe and beyond repair.

The building was home to many artifacts, including over 1,800 teacups.

“It’s obviously very sad that the building had to be taken down, because it was definitely a fan favourite and had a unique collection within Saskatchewan. Now that it’s gone, it feels very open in the park and very sad. We tried our best, but the final decision really came down to public safety and the safety of the teacups as well,” explained HBHP manager Brooklyn Schade.

“Considering our whole park is aging, obviously we would love to have a new tea house as soon as possible to be able to display that collection, but we’re in a kind of scenario where all these buildings were moved in about the same time, so they’re they’re all showing their age. We don’t have a lot of options at this time, but hopefully, one day we can get a new teahouse to display our teacups and keep the memory of the Royal Purple Ladies’ collection going.”

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Along with the 1,800 teacups are the saucers to go with them, completing the full collection. Each is labelled, and there is a record of who donated each set.

A lot of the teacups were donated to the teahouse in memory of loved ones, as it was a safe place for everyone to enjoy them.

The building, the old post office in Erwood (built in 1933), was brought to the heritage park in 1987, and was later opened as a teahouse by the Royal Purple Ladies in 1991.

The park is a registered charity, so it relies very heavily on grants and donations to keep going.

Over 15 buildings are on the property and are all full of stuff, which means, for now, the teacups will remain in storage.

“We are committed to keeping history alive, and we want to protect our artifacts that we have within the park as best as we can. Our greatest hope is to do a replica building, somewhere where we can put the tea cups, and we can serve tea like they used to in the past,” Schade concluded.

The park plans to do its best in the future to look for any possible fundraisers.

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