Architecture of Manitoba

1904 – Union Bank Tower, Winnipeg, Manitoba

The oldest Chicago School skyscraper still standing in Western Canada was built for the Union Bank of Canada and once boasted the tallest flagpole in the British Empire.

1905 – 136 Market Avenue, Marshall-Wells Building, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Architect: Hooper & Walker

From the 1890s Marshall-Wells (a US based firm) advanced in the Canadian market by having a one man representative in Winnipeg and,

1905 – Aldous Block, Donald St., Winnipeg, Manitoba

Part of a terrace of three warehouses, all designed separately but to a harmonious whole.

1905 – Bell Block 370 Donald Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Part of a terrace of three warehouses, all designed separately but to a harmonious whole.

1905 – Carnefac Block, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Architect: John H.G. Russell

Small warehouse building at one time in use as a French Bistro.

1905 – Empire Hotel, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Architect: Alexander & William Melville

Originally conceived as the Cauchon Block,

1905 – Former Canadian Pacific Station, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Architects: E. & W.S. Maxwell

This was the fourth depot built by the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) from the construction of the main line through the Manitoba capital in the early 1880’s.