1912 – Kelvin Technical & High School, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Founded in 1912 as Kelvin Technical High School, the name was later changed to Kelvin High School. Built of Tyndall stone and Estevan red brick between 1910 and 1912. The school is named after the mathematical physicist and engineer Sir William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin of Largs. Demolished in 1966. It’s twin which was constructed on the northern side of the city was demolished in 1967.

It was accordingly decided to erect two buildings, one at either extremity of the city, to form centres toward which all the pupils from the graded schools would gravitate. The present policy of the board is to place in the central portion of the residential section of the city another technical high school, with possibly several new features, which will be the arch stone of the educational system of Winnipeg.

The two buildings, for which contracts were awarded on the 14th ult., will cost $300,000 each, exclusive of plumbing, heating and ventilating plant. They will be built of Tyndall cut stone and Estevan red pressed brick on concrete foimdations, and will be equipped with every modern improvement. The buildings will have a frontage of 220 feet and a depth of 180 feet.
Engineering and Contract Record, July 27 1910

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