1873 – Hotel Winnipeg, Main Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Architects: Walter Chesterton / Samuel Hooper
Small hotel building on Main Street,
Main Street Winnipeg
Main Street runs from the Hudsons Bay Company’s Upper Fort Garry close to the junction of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers northwards. It crossed Portage Avenue to create Winnipeg’s most famous intersection. Long a commercial hub, several blocks became known as Banker’s Row after the amount of large and ornate bank buildings there, many unmatched in Canada.
1880s – Robertson Block, Main Street, Winnipeg
A large three storey corner block finished in brick with an elaborate cornice and balustrading above.
1881 – Hudson’s Bay Company, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Architect: Balston C. Kenway
Built at Main & York,
1882 – Fortune Block, 232 Main Street, Winnipeg
Architect: C. Mancel Willmot & George W. Stewart
Constructed in 1882 for businessman Mark Fortune,
1883 – St. John’s College, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Architect: Barber & Barber
Anglican college founded in 1850,
1885 – Maycock Block, Main St., Winnipeg
Architect: James Chisholm
Designed by local architect James Chisholm as mixed retail and office space for merchants Edward and Annie E.
1886 – Old City Hall, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Architect: Barber & Barber
A complete Victorian fantasy of a city hall,
1886 – Post Office, Main Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Architect: Thomas Fuller
At the corner of McDermot Avenue and Main Street,
1886 – Rowand Block / Canada Life Building, 441 Main Street, Winnipeg
Architect: C. Osborn Wickenden / Darling & Pearson
At the corner of Portage and Main,
1886 – Volunteer Monument, Main Street, Winnipeg
Architect: Samuel Hooper
Originally constructed on the grounds of the second Winnipeg City Hall in 1886.
