Manitoba Business: Malcom Construction

This Winnipeg-based firm operated as Malcom Brothers before being incorporated in 1918 with David Malcom as its primary executive. It was later operated by his eldest son, Wilbert Guy “Bert” Malcom and after 1974 by his grandson, David “Bud” Malcom (1929-1999).

Some of its construction works in Manitoba included:

Building	Location	Year	Status
Augustine Presbyterian Church	444 River Avenue, Winnipeg	1903-1910
Euclid Block	873-879 Main Street, Winnipeg	1904
MacDonald House	26-30 Avonherst Street, Winnipeg	1905
Bradburn House (Hector Halbertram Bradburn)	662 Wellington Crescent, Winnipeg	1906	Demolished (?)
Stobart Building (expansion)	275-281 McDermot Avenue, Winnipeg	1907
Wilmot Block	600 Young Street, Winnipeg	1908
Columbia Block (alterations)	853-859 Sherbrook Street, Winnipeg	1920
Maw Block (renovation)	280 William Avenue, Winnipeg	1924
Souris Telephone Exchange Building	27 Crescent Avenue West, Souris	1928
Glenwood School (expansion)	51 Blenheim Avenue, Winnipeg	1928-1929
Union Bank Building (alterations)	588 Sargent Avenue, Winnipeg	1929	Demolished (?)
Winnipeg Hydro Substation No. 5 (addition)	Scotland Avenue, Winnipeg	1930
Clarendon Block (renovations)	307-311 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg	1935	Demolished (2012)
Greig House (Mrs. Jennie Greig) (renovations)	116 Norquay Street, Winnipeg	1935	Demolished (?)
Safeway Store	1784 Logan Avenue, Winnipeg	1936
Safeway Store	87 Isabel Street, Winnipeg	1936
Security Storage Warehouse (alterations)	583 Ellice Avenue, Winnipeg	1939
R. W. Bobby Bend School	Second Avenue North, Stonewall	1956
International Business Machines Building	373 Broadway, Winnipeg	1960
International Business Machines Building (expansion)	373 Broadway, Winnipeg	1963
John Deere Building (renovations)	501 Rosser Avenue, Brandon	1964
Kildonan Park Pavilion	Kildonan Park, Winnipeg	1965-1966
Arborg Elementary School	251 David Street, Arborg	1967
Army Navy and Air Force Veterans Building (addition)	279-281 Garry Street, Winnipeg	1972-1973

See also:

Memorable Manitobans: David Malcom (1871-1935)

Memorable Manitobans: Wilbert Guy “Bert” Malcom (1895-1980)

Sources:

City of Winnipeg Building Permit 336/1906 [Bradburn House], City of Winnipeg Archives.

“Permits pass the nine million mark,” Manitoba Free Press, 13 July 1911, page 3.

“Building permits $1,250,000 ahead of last year,” Manitoba Free Press, 24 August 1929, page 16.

Obituary [Wilbert Guy Malcom], Winnipeg Free Press, 13 September 1980, page 110.

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

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 24 May 2024