Manitoba Business: Fraser and MacDonald

This Winnipeg-based construction firm was established by Finlay Fraser and Alexander MacDonald.

Some of its construction works in Manitoba included:

Building	Location	Year	Status
Nassau Street Baptist Church (foundation)	549 Gertrude Avenue, Winnipeg	1907
Nassau Street Baptist Church (superstructure)	549 Gertrude Avenue, Winnipeg	1909
Maycock Block (renovations)	586 Main Street, Winnipeg	1913
Odd Fellows Hall	521 McMillan Avenue, Winnipeg	1913
Julia Clark School	615 Academy Road, Winnipeg	1918
Wiley Warehouse	533 Henry Avenue, Winnipeg	1918
Norris Block	274-276 Garry Street, Winnipeg	1921
Quality Clothing Block	687 Main Street, Winnipeg	1923	Demolished (?)
Breen Motor Building (addition)	245 Main Street, Winnipeg	1925
Mindell Block	607-609 Main Street, Winnipeg	1925
Canadian Bank of Commerce Building (addition and alterations)	315 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg	1927	Mostly demolished (2011), facade preserved
Carlton Building (alterations)	354 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg	1927
Queen Apartments	518-520 Maryland Street, Winnipeg	1927
Quinton Dyers and Cleaners Building (addition)	Daly Street, Winnipeg	1927	Demolished (?)
Tivoli Theatre	115 Maryland Street, Winnipeg	1927
Graham Block	399 Graham Avenue, Winnipeg	1928
Holt Renfrew Store (renovations)	354 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg	1928
Prairie Cities Oil Service Station	170 Bannatyne Avenue, Winnipeg	1929	Demolished (?)
Prairie Cities Oil Service Station	668 Notre Dame Avenue, Winnipeg	1929	Demolished (?)
Prairie Cities Oil Service Station	701 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg	1929	Demolished (?)
Prairie Cities Oil Service Station	Portage Avenue and Ingersol Street	1929	Demolished (?)
Safeway Store No. 504	535 Osborne Street, Winnipeg	1929
Safeway Store No. 510	719 St. Matthews Avenue, Winnipeg	1929
Safeway Store No. 502	247 Lilac Street, Winnipeg	1929
Safeway Store No. 522	227 Henderson Highway, Winnipeg	1929
Singer Sewing Machine Building	424 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg	1929
Vaughan Apartments	219 Vaughan Street, Winnipeg	1929
Riverbend School for Girls (expansion)	630 Westminster Avenue, Winnipeg	1930
Victoria Court (underpinning)	471 William Avenue, Winnipeg	1934
North End Sewage Disposal Plant	2230 Main Street, Winnipeg	1935-1937
Kolchin and Boxer Store (alterations)	415 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg	1938	Demolished (?)
Edward Building (alterations)	325 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg	1938	Destroyed by fire (1954)
Singer Sewing Machine Building	590 Main Street, Winnipeg	1939
City Hydro Showroom (renovations)	405-407 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg	1944-1945	Demolished (?)
Deer Lodge United Church	2093 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg	1946-1947	Demolished (2012)
Sts. Vladimir and Olga Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral	115 McGregor Street, Winnipeg	1947-1951

See also:

Memorable Manitobans: Finlay Fraser (1879-1948)

Sources:

“Fraser and MacDonald have been awarded the contract,” Winnipeg Tribune, 4 November 1927, page 8.

“Permits are issued in city in past 7 days,” Winnipeg Tribune, 13 July 1929, page 25.

“Permits for week number fifty-three,” Winnipeg Tribune, 17 August 1929, page 24.

“Announcing the official opening of the first of a series of our new type service stations,” Winnipeg Tribune, 24 August 1929, page 23.

“Prairie Cities Oil Co. opens service station,” Winnipeg Tribune, 24 August 1929, page 23.

“Complete excavation for filling stations,” Winnipeg Tribune, 7 September 1929, page 26.

“More new homes,” Winnipeg Free Press, 23 July 1938, page 22.

“Boost in building,” Winnipeg Free Press, 8 October 1938, page 23.

“Lowest hydro job bid is Fraser MacDonald’s,” Winnipeg Free Press, 11 August 1944, page 11.

“City Hydro’s new showroom will be opened,” Winnipeg Free Press, 5 January 1945, page 6.

Henderson’s Winnipeg and Brandon Directories, Henderson Directories Limited, Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Libraries.

Singer Sewing Machine Building, 424 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg Historical Buildings & Resources Committee, May 2019.

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

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 11 August 2024