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