1883 – St. John’s College, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Architect: Barber & Barber
Anglican college founded in 1850,
Anglican college founded in 1850,
Originally designed and constructed 1882-1883 for the wholesale grocery business of Turner,
Built in 1881,
During the Manitoba land boom of the late l870s and early l880s settlers from Ontario were attracted to the Beautiful Plains area.
Designed by father and son architects,
Following the fire of 1881 that destroyed Saint-Jean Church (constructed in 1847) and almost the entire Saint-Jean-Baptiste suburb,
The third church on this site,
Built in the boom years of the early 1880s,
The moving force behind the construction of this island church was Reverend Arthur Sweatman who later became Archbishop of Toronto,
This building was constructed for R.J.