1882 – Manitoba College, Winnipeg
Originally built as a Methodist College, until the the buildings were purchased by the Jesuits in 1930 for St.
Originally built as a Methodist College, until the the buildings were purchased by the Jesuits in 1930 for St.
Built in two stages, the original and larger part was constructed in 1882-83 and housed the Courts,
A good example of the Romanesque Revival style that became so popular in warehouse districts across North America in the 1880s.
When built, this school was described as “away out on the prairie” because it was thought to be so far from the centre of Winnipeg.
The Coronation Block, or more popularly the Shanghai Restaurant, was a two storey structure with graceful curved ends.
Although most of the church was built as designed by Wheeler, the magnificent tower and spire was never constructed.
The Independent Order of Odd Fellows (I.O.O.F.) is a fraternal organization derived from English Odd Fellows orders of the mid-1700s.
Manitoba’s first Legislature building was built facing Kennedy Street, slightly to the east of the current building.
Once one of Winnipeg’s most luxurious hotels, featuring 100 rooms, hot and cold running water,
In 1870, Manitoba entered Confederation and in 1872, the former Hudson’s Bay Company house at Upper Fort Garry was officially leased to the Dominion for use as the original home of the province’s first lieutenant-governor.