1968 – Église du Précieux-Sang, St. Boniface, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Perhaps local architect Étienne Gaboury’s best-known work, the Église du Précieux-Sang in St. Boniface was completed in 1967.
Perhaps local architect Étienne Gaboury’s best-known work, the Église du Précieux-Sang in St. Boniface was completed in 1967.
A fine two storey Post Office with arcaded windows on the main commercial floor. The building has a well defined cornice and dual language signage –
Home to the largest French speaking population outside of Quebec in Canada, St Boniface was formally amalgamated with Winnipeg in 1972.
In 1850, Reverend W.H. Taylor was instructed by the Bishop of Rupert’s Land, The Right Reverend David Anderson, to establish a church for the settlement expanding westward along the banks of the Assiniboine River.
In 1903 the firm of A. and W. Melville, architects and civil engineers, began operation.
Designed in the shape of a Greek cross, the building was built in two stages.
One of Winnipeg’s grand schools from the city’s boomtown era is La Verendrye School. Though residential and business areas quickly grew up around it,
This large stone and stucco building with the half-timbering over the upper levels, was the last home of Mark Fortune.
The merchant and businessman James H. Ashdown built his residence at number 529 on the Crescent,
Built to a standardised design used by the city, and not far from a similar design at Brock-Corydon School. The building has a central entrance-way with further entrances to the ends of the main block.