Manitoba Business: Davidson Brothers

This Winnipeg-based construction firm was established by three brothers: Albert T. Davidson, Alexander Davidson, and Frederick Harvey Davidson. It had ceased operations by 1913.

Some of the Manitoba buildings constructed by the firm:

Building	Location	Year	Status
Aikins House	630 Westminster Avenue, Winnipeg	1901
Johnson House (Thomas Herman Johnson)	633 McDermot Avenue, Winnipeg	1901	Demolished (?)
Western Building	90 Albert Street, Winnipeg	1901
Guest Block	596-598 Main Street, Winnipeg	1902	Destroyed by fire (8 March 2024)
Jubilee Block	215-223 Alexander Avenue, Winnipeg	1902	Demolished (?)
Dingle and Stewart Warehouse	263 Stanley Street, Winnipeg	1903
Modern Laundry Building	309 Hargrave Street, Winnipeg	1903
Williamson Block	38 Kate Street / 553-555 Notre Dame Avenue, Winnipeg	1903
Del Block	62 Princess Street, Winnipeg	1904
Franklin Press Building	168 Bannatyne Avenue, Winnipeg	1904
Hallonquist Block	402-406 Logan Avenue, Winnipeg	1904	Demolished (1970s)
Alexandria Block	389-393 Graham Avenue, Winnipeg	1905	Demolished (1979)
Orris Block	305 Elgin Avenue, Winnipeg	1905	Demolished (?)
Del Block Annex	54 Princess Street, Winnipeg	1905
Dominion Bridge Plant	1500 Dublin Avenue, Winnipeg	1906	Demolished (2024)
Bettes Block	289-295 Carlton Street / 353-355 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg	1907-1908	Demolished (?)
Elliott House	16 Ruskin Row, Winnipeg	1908
Cecil Rhodes School	136 Cecil Street, Winnipeg	1908-1909
Devon Court	376 Broadway, Winnipeg	1909	Demolished (1982)
Edmonton Block	383 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg	1909
Wardlaw Apartments	544 Wardlaw Avenue, Winnipeg	1909
Oldfield, Kirby and Gardner Building	234 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg	1909
Dingle and Stewart Warehouse (expansion)	263 Stanley Street, Winnipeg	1910
Haslemere Apartments	559-561 Ellice Avenue, Winnipeg	1910	Destroyed by fire (18 January 1974)
Gooderham House (Harold Dean Gooderham)	323 Wellington Crescent, Winnipeg	1911	Demolished (?)
Taylor House	611 Wellington Crescent, Winnipeg	1912	Demolished (2022)
Northwest Investment Building	575-581 Portage Avenue / 351-357 Langside Street, Winnipeg	1912	Destroyed by fire (2 February 2022)
Ashdown House	529 Wellington Crescent, Winnipeg	1912-1913

See also:

Memorable Manitobans: Albert T. Davidson (c1861-1948)

Memorable Manitobans: Alexander Davidson (1851-1920)

Memorable Manitobans: Frederick Harvey Davidson (1865-1935)

Sources:

“Reach $5,000,000 mark,” Manitoba Free Press, 17 May 1911, page 10.

Del Block, 62 Princess Street, City of Winnipeg Historical Buildings and Resources Committee, February 2015.

We thank Nathan Kramer and Jordan Makichuk for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 1 July 2024