Fort Rouge Winnipeg

The Fort Rouge area was named after a fort built on the Assiniboine River in approximately 1738 by Sieur Louis Damours de Louvières, a lieutenant of the Canadian explorer Pierre Gaultier de Varennes. Traditionally the area is bounded on the north by the Assiniboine River, on the east and south by the Red River, and on the west by Stafford Street and Pembina Highway.

1895 – Mulvey School, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Architect: George Creeford Browne

Mulvey School No. 3, completed in late 1895 and largely resembling its predecessor which was destroyed in a fire,

1903 – St. Mary’s Academy, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Architect: Samuel Hooper

The third location of the school,

1904 – Augustine Presbyterian Church, River Ave., Winnipeg

Architect: John H.G. Russell

St. Augustine Presbyterian Church, now Augustine United Church,

1905 – St Luke’s Anglican Church, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Architect: C.F. Bridgeman

St. Luke’s Anglican is probably one of the best pieces of church architecture in Winnipeg.

1909 – Ecole La Verendrye, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Architect: J.B. Mitchell

One of Winnipeg’s grand schools from the city’s boomtown era is La Verendrye School.

1909 – Roslyn Apartments, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Architect: William Wallace Blair

Eccentric apartment building designed by Irish architect William Wallace Blair in a strange Queen Anne inspired style.

1909 – Trinity Baptist Church, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Architect: George Teeter

Interesting little church with a very unusual corner tower.

1910 – Fort Rouge United Church, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Architect: John H.G. Russell

Originally built as a Presbyterian Church,

1910 – Lord Roberts School, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Architect: J.B. Mitchell

Designed by Winnipeg school architect J.

1912 – Firehall No.15, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Architect: Alexander Melville

Alexander Melville was born in Fraserburgh,

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