Manitoba Business: Pratt and Ross

This Winnipeg-based architectural firm was founded in 1906 by partners Ralph Benjamin Pratt and Donald Aynsley Ross.

Some of its architectural works in Manitoba included:

Building	Location	Year	Status
Rosemount Apartments	351 River Avenue, Winnipeg	1906
Frontenac Hotel (addition)	161 Pioneer Avenue, Winnipeg	1907	Demolished (July 1959)
Winnipeg Amphitheatre	49 Whitehall Avenue, Winnipeg	1908
McMillan House	645 Wellington Crescent, Winnipeg	1910	Demolished (1937)
Belgica Block	290 Garry Street, Winnipeg	1911
Winnipeg Electric Company Mill Substation and Steam Plant (addition)	41-55 Mill Street, Winnipeg	1911	Demolished (?)
Prince Edward Hotel	906-908 Princess Avenue, Brandon	1911-1912	Demolished (1980)
Brown and Rutherford Mill Building	5 Sutherland Avenue, Winnipeg	1912
Brown and Rutherford Office Building	5 Sutherland Avenue, Winnipeg	1912	Demolished (?)
Brown and Rutherford Warehouse	5 Sutherland Avenue, Winnipeg	1912	Demolished (?)
Winnipeg Electric Railway Building	213-219 Notre Dame Avenue, Winnipeg	1912-1913
Bank of British North America Building (addition)	436 Main Street, Winnipeg	1914
Scott Block (restoration)	272 Main Street, Winnipeg	1915
Bank of British North America Building	136 Fourth Street, Reston, RM of Pipestone	1917
Coca Cola Bottling Plant	20 Twelfth Street, Brandon	1919	Demolished (?)
Assiniboine School	175 Winston Road, Winnipeg	1922
Breen Motor Building	245 Main Street, Winnipeg	1922
Breen Motor Building (addition)	245 Main Street, Winnipeg	1925
Polo Park Racetrack	1485 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg	1925	Demolished (October 1956)
First Presbyterian Church	61 Picardy Place, Winnipeg	1927
Leonard and McLaughlin Garage and Auto Sales Building	541 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg	1927
Northern Electric Building	65 Rorie Street, Winnipeg	1928
Power Building	428 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg	1928
Fairhaven Apartments	536 Broadway, Winnipeg	1929	Demolished (?)
Royal York Apartments	461 Kennedy Street, Winnipeg	1929
Headingley Gaol	RM of Headingley	1929-1930
Sherbrook Pool	381 Sherbrook Street, Winnipeg	1931
Winnipeg Civic Auditorium	200 Vaughan Street, Winnipeg	1931-1932
Woodhaven School No. 2093 (foundation)	127 Glendale Boulevard, Winnipeg	1936
Winnipeg Electric Company Mill Substation and Steam Plant (addition)	55 Mill Street, Winnipeg	1937	Demolished (?)

See also:

Memorable Manitobans: Ralph Benjamin Pratt (1872-1950)

Memorable Manitobans: Donald Aynsley Ross (1877-1956)

Sources:

“Prospective Construction - Brandon, Man,” Manitoba Free Press, 28 March 1919, page 17.

“Cola Company start buildings,” Manitoba Free Press, 12 April 1919, page 31.

“Cola Cola’s new bottling plants,” Saskatoon Daily Star, 26 April 1919, page 22.

Henderson’s Winnipeg and Brandon Directories, Henderson Directories Limited, 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: 16 December 2024