1882 – Manitoba College, Winnipeg
Originally built as a Methodist College, until the the buildings were purchased by the Jesuits in 1930 for St.
Originally built as a Methodist College, until the the buildings were purchased by the Jesuits in 1930 for St.
The former Former Masonic Girl’s School was redeveloped by Bewleys as an hotel in the 1990s,
The Examination Schools were designed by Thomas Graham Jackson, Oxford’s most famous 19th century architect, in 1876 and their construction was completed in 1882.
Perspective View including ground & 1st floor plans published in The Building News, June 18th 1880.
When built, this school was described as “away out on the prairie” because it was thought to be so far from the centre of Winnipeg.
Perspective view published in The Architect, August 4th 1883.
Perspective view including plans published in The Building News, September 7th 1883. Never completed as designed,
From 1798 there were two Masonic charities for clothing and educating sons of indigent Freemasons.
Published in The Building News, July 20th 1883.
Acknowledged as George Keller’s greatest building was the school erected on the Asylum Hill site in 1883.
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