Manitoba Business: Northwood and Chivers / Northwood Chivers and Casey

This Winnipeg-based architectural firm was established after the First World War by partners George William Northwood and Cyril William Upton Chivers. Later architects who worked for the firm included Philip McHugh Casey and John Alexander Chivers. In the late 1950s, the firm was taken over by John Alexander Chivers, downsized, and renamed John A. Chivers Architect.

Some of its architectural works in Manitoba included:

Building	Location	Year	Status
Before 1919	See George William Northwood and Cyril William Upton Chivers
Heubach House	203 Park Boulevard North, Winnipeg	1923
Provencher School (repairs)	320 Avenue de la Cathedrale, Winnipeg	1923
Winnipeg Skating Club	51 Smith Street, Winnipeg	1924
Bank of Toronto Building	141 Regent Avenue West, Winnipeg	1924-1925
St. Agnes Priory	442 Scotia Street, Winnipeg	1924-1925
Manitoba Refinery Building	542 Plinguet Street, Winnipeg	1925	Partially deconstructed (1933)
Morrison House	215 Park Boulevard, Winnipeg	1925
Smith House	111 Park Boulevard, Winnipeg	1925
St. John Cantius Roman Catholic Church	852 Burrows Avenue, Winnipeg	1925
All Saints Anglican Church	175 Colony Street, Winnipeg	1926
Collett House	69 Middle Gate, Winnipeg	1926
Manitoba Cartage and Warehousing Building	345 Higgins Avenue, Winnipeg	1926
McKellar House	225 Lamont Boulevard, Winnipeg	1926
Tuxedo School No. 1709	2300 Corydon Avenue, Winnipeg	1926-1927
Canadian Wheat Board Building	423 Main Street, Winnipeg	1928
Bank of Toronto Building	98 Sherbrook Street, Winnipeg	1929
Manitoba Cartage and Warehousing Building (addition)	345 Higgins Avenue, Winnipeg	1929
Prairie Cities Oil Building	1380 Notre Dame Avenue, Winnipeg	1929
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 (?)
Prairie Cities Oil Service Station	1397 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg	1929	Demolished (?)
Prairie Cities Oil Service Station	145 Osborne Street, Winnipeg	1929	Demolished (?)
Radio Industries Building	120 Fort Street, Winnipeg	1929
Safeway Store	515 Broadway Avenue, Killarney	1929	Demolished (c2016)
Safeway Store	45 Main Street South, Minnedosa	1929
Safeway Store	243 Hamilton Street, Neepawa	1929
Safeway Store	240 Manitoba Avenue, Selkirk	1929
Safeway Store	512 Seventh Avenue South, Virden	1929
Safeway Store No. 501	110 Sherbrook Street, Winnipeg	1929
Safeway Store No. 504	535 Osborne Street, Winnipeg	1929
Safeway Store No. 506	595 Broadway, Winnipeg	1929
Safeway Store No. 515	1849 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg	1929
Safeway Store No. 517	107-109 Regent Avenue West, Winnipeg	1929
Safeway Store No. 520	129 Marion Street, Winnipeg	1929
Safeway Store No. 521	1 St. Anne’s Road, Winnipeg	1929
Safeway Store No. 522	227 Henderson Highway, Winnipeg	1929
Singer Sewing Machine Building	424 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg	1929
Assiniboine Park Pavilion	55 Pavilion Crescent, Winnipeg	1930
Greater Winnipeg Gas Company Building	265 Notre Dame Avenue, Winnipeg	1930
Safeway Store	384 South Railway Street, Boissevain	1930
Women’s Tribute Memorial Lodge	200 Woodlawn Street, Winnipeg	1931
Queenston School	245 Queenston Street, Winnipeg	1931
Winnipeg Civic Auditorium	200 Vaughan Street, Winnipeg	1931-1932
Banfield Block (renovations)	492 Main Street, Winnipeg	1933
Bank of Toronto Building	420 Academy Road, Winnipeg	1933
Dominion Post Office Building (supervision)	187 Henderson Highway, Winnipeg	1934-1935
Dominion Post Office Building (supervision)	287 Tache Avenue, Winnipeg	1934-1935
Federal Building	269 Main Street, Winnipeg	1935-1936
Manitoba Cold Storage Warehouse (addition)	151 Higgins Avenue, Winnipeg	1937	Destroyed by fire (2004)
Winnipeg Cold Storage Building (addition)	422 Jarvis Avenue, Winnipeg	1937
Hugo Apartments (repairs)	261 Wellington Crescent, Winnipeg	1938	Demolished (?)
Singer Sewing Machine Building	590 Main Street, Winnipeg	1939
Brandon Winter Fair Building / Brandon Arena / Manning Depot No. 2 (renovations)	Eleventh Street, Brandon	1940	Demolished (?)
Maternity Pavilion	735 Notre Dame Avenue, Winnipeg	1949-1950
Misericordia General Hospital (Maryland Wing)	20 Sherbrook Street, Winnipeg	1950
Bank of Toronto Building	215 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg	1951	Demolished (1990)
St. Andrew Bobola Roman Catholic Church	541 Marion Street, Winnipeg	1953
Charleswood Collegiate	505 Oakdale Drive, Winnipeg	1954-1955
Beaumont School	5880 Betsworth Avenue, Winnipeg	1956

See also:

Memorable Manitobans: George William Northwood (1876-1959)

Memorable Manitobans: Cyril William Upton Chivers (1879-1969)

Memorable Manitobans: John Alexander Chivers (1909-2004)

Memorable Manitobans: Philip McHugh Casey (1923-1977)

Sources:

“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.

“250 completed stores in west firm’s program,” Winnipeg Tribune, 21 September 1929, page 32.

“Building notes,” Winnipeg Tribune, 28 July 1934, page 19.

“Renovate block,” Winnipeg Free Press, 16 July 1938, page 9.

“Fifteen new homes started boost permits to $330,850,” Winnipeg Free Press, 30 July 1938, page 2.

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

We thank Jordan Makichuk for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 17 September 2023