1883 – Clarendon Hotel, Portage Avenue, Winnipeg
Architect: James Chisholm
Designed by local architect James Chisholm,
1886 – Rowand Block / Canada Life Building, 441 Main Street, Winnipeg
Architect: C. Osborn Wickenden / Darling & Pearson
At the corner of Portage and Main,
1891 – Deaf & Dumb Institute, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Architect: Charles H. Wheeler
Constructed at Portage Avenue and Sherbrook Street in two stages as a residential school for students.
1896 – Wesley Hall, University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Architect: S. Frank Peters & George Creeford Browne
The smaller of the two universities based in Winnipeg,
1901 – Former YMCA, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Architect: George Creeford Browne
Former YMCA building that was later heavily remodelled to become the Birks Building.
1903 – Elim Chapel / St. Stephen’s Church, Portage Avenue, Winnipeg
Architect: James H. Cadham / James J. McDiarmid
Originally constructed in 1903 by Winnipeg architect James H.
1904 – Dominion Theatre, Portage Avenue East, Winnipeg, Canada
The Dominion Theatre opened as a vaudeville house on 12 December 1904.
1904 – Post Office / Federal Building, Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Architect: Darling & Pearson
Built to replace an earlier post office building on Main Street at McDermot Avenue,
1904 – T. Eaton Co., Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Architect: John Woodman
For years the focal point of downtown Winnipeg,
1905 – Northern Bank, Winnipeg, Canada
Architect: George W. Northwood
Established as Winnipeg’s Northern Bank in 1905 and merging with the exclusively Ontario-based Crown Bank of Canada in 1908 to form the Northern Crown Bank.
