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Architecture of Manitoba

15 April 2010
1922 – Holy Cross Church, Dubuc Street, Winnipeg

1922 – Holy Cross Church, Dubuc Street, Winnipeg

Holy Cross Parish is the oldest English-speaking parish in the St. Boniface Archdiocese, established in 1922. Prior to the founding, many English-speaking Catholic families had taken up residence in the french-speaking city of...

04 July 2012
1922 – Medical College, 770 Bannatyne Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba

1922 – Medical College, 770 Bannatyne Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Architect: The second medical college to be constructed in Winnipeg. The Manitoba Medical College, incorporated in April 1884 as the first such school west of the Great Lakes, was reorganized in 1919 as...

21 July 2012
1923 – Medical Arts Building, Graham Ave., Winnipeg

1923 – Medical Arts Building, Graham Ave., Winnipeg

Architect: John D. Atchison Demolished in early 1970s to provide carparking space for newly constructed Medical Arts Building to the rear.

03 July 2012
1924 – Dance Palace, Winnipeg Beach, Manitoba

1924 – Dance Palace, Winnipeg Beach, Manitoba

A large two-story dance pavilion, rectangular with a dome pitch to the roof which rose to the height of a third story at the peak. Four corner turrets with an additional six smaller...

29 June 2010
1925 – Former St John Cantius Church, Winnipeg, Manitoba

1925 – Former St John Cantius Church, Winnipeg, Manitoba

The former St John Cantius Church was started in 1918 and not completed until 1925. After a new church opened alongside in 1972, it was used as a school for some years, but...

29 June 2010
1925 – St. Mary The Protectress Sobor, Winnipeg, Manitoba

1925 – St. Mary The Protectress Sobor, Winnipeg, Manitoba

This was built between 1925 and 1951 by mostly volunteer labour. The two towers at the front of the church are something of a western influence; however, the treatment of the domes is...

28 April 2010
1927 – Former Bank of Montreal, Winnipeg, Manitoba

1927 – Former Bank of Montreal, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Architect: Kenneth Guscotte Rea Fine little classical bank building nestled into a block of Portage Avenue. Now the offices of the Downtown Biz association, the building has fine Corinthian capitals on crisply incised...

06 May 2010
1927 – Hudson’s Bay Department Store, Winnipeg, Manitoba

1927 – Hudson’s Bay Department Store, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Architect: E.I. Barott Founded in 1670, the Hudson’s Bay Company’s (HBC) chief interests for its first two centuries were the fur trade, exploration and settlement. After 1870, when its territory of Rupert’s Land...

29 June 2010
1928 – Canadian Wheat Board, Winnipeg, Manitoba

1928 – Canadian Wheat Board, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Architect: Northwood & Chivers Two buildings, the original of 1928 by Northwood & Chivers and a later addition of 1962 designed to co-exist with the original facade. The original building has a large...