1884 – Knox Presbyterian Church, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Built in the boom years of the early 1880s, the cost of this new church,
Built in the boom years of the early 1880s, the cost of this new church,
This building was constructed for R.J. Whitla & Co., dry goods wholesaler and internally features pre-fabricated cast iron columns.
A complete Victorian fantasy of a city hall, this the second City Hall for Winnipeg was mired in controversy for its entire lifetime.
Constructed as the Winnipeg Post Office and Customs Office, it was only used as such until 1908, when a new post office building was constructed on Portage Avenue.
Originally constructed on the grounds of the second Winnipeg City Hall in 1886. To make way for the new city hall,
The date stone over the centre window of the top floor of this building reads 1886,
No longer connected to the railway network, this is an early survivor of the Northern Pacific and Manitoba Railway. Used for many years by the Canadian Northern and the Canadian National Railways,
Armstrong’s Point was intended as an enclave of palatial residences for the new rich merchant classes of the booming Winnipeg in the late 19th century.
The Johnston Terminal is the largest of the buildings in the Forks and contains some commercial space as well as retail.
Browne most often employed brick in his symmetrical compositions; his work at Strevel Terrace, 1889-90 can be recognized by their absence of applied decoration and by the projecting horizontal band courses of brick that surround his buildings.
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