1882 – Manitoba College, Ellice Ave., Winnipeg
Originally built as a Methodist College,
Originally built as a Methodist College,
Constructed in 1882 for businessman Mark Fortune,
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,
In 1883 this was the winning design chosen from over forty submitted sets in an international competition for a new church.
In 1883, a Methodist (later United) church was designed by Winnipeg architect James Chisholm and built at the corner of Ellice Avenue and Notre Dame Avenue.
The Independent Order of Odd Fellows (I.O.O.F.) is a fraternal organization derived from English Odd Fellows orders of the mid-1700s.
Once one of Winnipeg’s most luxurious hotels,
In 1870, Manitoba entered Confederation and in 1872,