Architecture of Manitoba

• 0April 22, 2010

  1835 – Upper Fort Garry Gate, Winnipeg, Manitoba

  Upper Fort Garry was the last of five forts, known to have been built in this general vicinity. The other...
• 0December 17, 2009

  1849 – St. Andrew’s Anglican Church, Manitoba

  Architect: William Cockran Between 1845 and 1849 construction proceeded on a new stone church to serve the burgeoning Parish of...
• 0April 15, 2010

  1851 – Grey Nuns Convent, Winnipeg, Manitoba

  Architect: L’Abbé Louis François Laflèche The old convent of the Grey Nuns, which today houses the St. Boniface Museum, was...
• 0April 14, 2010

  1855 – Old St. James Anglican Church, Winnipeg, Manitoba

  In 1850, Reverend W.H. Taylor was instructed by the Bishop of Rupert’s Land, The Right Reverend David Anderson, to establish...
• 0December 17, 2009

  1857 – St. Clement’s Anglican Church, Manitoba

  The official church for employees of the Hudson’s Bay Company who were stationed at the nearby Lower Fort Garry, St...
• 0April 15, 2010

  1864 – Archbishop’s Palace, Winnipeg, Manitoba

  Architect: George C. Izenour Built in 1864 under the guidance of Bishop Taché, the west wing of this residence stands...
• 0April 22, 2010

  1873 – Hotel Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Manitoba

  Architects: Walter Chesterton / Samuel Hooper Small hotel building on Main Street, where there was once many due to the...
• 0April 15, 2010

  1881 – Riel House, Winnipeg, Manitoba

  Riel House, a National Historic Site is the family home of the Métis leader and founder of Manitoba, Louis Riel....
• 0June 29, 2010

  1883 – Bathgate Block, Winnipeg, Manitoba

  Architects: Barber & Barber A good example of the Romanesque Revival style that became so popular in warehouse districts across...
• 0November 29, 2011

  1883 – Central Schools, Winnipeg, Manitoba

  Architect: When built, this school was described as “away out on the prairie” because it was thought to be so...
• 0April 27, 2010

  1883 – International Order of Odd Fellows, Winnipeg, Manitoba

  Architects: Hugh McCowan The Independent Order of Odd Fellows (I.O.O.F.) is a fraternal organization derived from English Odd Fellows orders...
• 0April 22, 2010

  1883 – Lieutenant Governor’s Residence, Winnipeg, Manitoba

  Architect: Thomas Scott In 1870, Manitoba entered Confederation and in 1872, the former Hudson’s Bay Company house at Upper Fort...
• 0July 8, 2010

  1883 – Vaughan Street Jail, Winnipeg, Manitoba

  Architects: Walter Chesterton & Samuel Hooper Built in 1881, this building was the provincial jail receiving criminals from Manitoba, Northwest...
• 0December 17, 2009

  1884 – Beautiful Plains County Court Building, Neepawa, Manitoba

  Architect: C. Osborn Wickenden During the Manitoba land boom of the late l870s and early l880s settlers from Ontario were...
• 0April 22, 2010

  1884 – Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Winnipeg, Manitoba

  Architect: Charles H. Wheeler The third church on this site, the present church was commenced in 1883 and completed in...