This Winnipeg-based general construction company was operated by John Sutherland and his sons John Nicholson Sutherland and George McIvor Sutherland. It appears the company was dissolved in late 1929 or early 1930.
Some of the Manitoba buildings that the firm constructed:
Building |
Location |
Year |
Status |
Fire Hall No. 12 |
1055 Dorchester Avenue, Winnipeg |
1911 |
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Fire Hall No. 13 |
410 Cathedral Avenue, Winnipeg |
1911 |
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Nanton Block |
391 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg |
1911 |
Demolished (1985) |
Carlton Building |
354 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg |
1912 |
|
Vulcan Iron Works (addition) |
105 Maple Street North, Winnipeg |
1912 |
Destroyed by fire (4 July 2023) |
Isaac Brock School |
1265 Barratt Avenue, Winnipeg |
1913-1914 |
|
Ellice Block |
468 Sherbrook Street, Winnipeg |
1914 |
|
King Edward School No. 2 |
825 Selkirk Avenue, Winnipeg |
1914 |
Demolished (1977) |
Curry Building |
233 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg |
1915 |
|
Lord Kitchener School |
1490 Henderson Highway, Winnipeg |
1915 |
|
Lord Wolseley School |
939 Henderson Highway, Winnipeg |
1915 |
|
Salisbury School No. 1 |
795 Prince Rupert Avenue, Winnipeg |
1915 |
Demolished (1987) |
Carlton Building (renovation) |
354 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg |
1916 |
|
Stanley Brock Building |
145 Market Avenue, Winnipeg |
1916 |
|
St. George's Anglican Church |
168 Wilton Street, Winnipeg |
1916 |
Demolished (1957) |
Willys-Overland Building |
686 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg |
1916 |
|
Stovel Block (restoration) |
245 McDermot Avenue, Winnipeg |
1916-1917 |
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Alaska Bedding Warehouse |
129 Gomez Street North, Winnipeg |
1917 |
|
Jewish Orphanage |
133 Matheson Avenue East, Winnipeg |
1919-1920 |
Demolished (1962) |
Alaska Bedding Warehouse (addition) |
129 Gomez Street North, Winnipeg |
1920 |
|
Champlain School |
Machray Avenue, Winnipeg |
1920 |
Demolished (1991) |
General Wolfe School |
Ellice Avenue, Winnipeg |
1920 |
Demolished (1977) |
Manitoba Cold Storage Warehouse (addition) |
151 Higgins Avenue, Winnipeg |
1920 |
Destroyed by fire (2004) |
Margaret Scott School |
Alfred Avenue, Winnipeg |
1920 |
Demolished (1990) |
Montcalm School |
120 Tecumseh Street, Winnipeg |
1920 |
|
Salisbury School No. 2 |
795 Prince Rupert Avenue, Winnipeg |
1920-1921 |
Demolished (2002) |
Sir John Franklin School |
386 Beaverbrook Street, Winnipeg |
1921 |
|
Starland Theatre |
626 Main Street, Winnipeg |
1921 |
Demolished (2008) |
Wolseley School |
511 Clifton Street, Winnipeg |
1921 |
|
Faraday School |
405 Parr Street, Winnipeg |
1922 |
|
Grosvenor School |
1045 Grosvenor Avenue, Winnipeg |
1922 |
|
City Dray Garage |
276 Rupert Street, Winnipeg |
1923 |
Demolished (?) |
St. Joseph’s Hospital (expansion) |
421 Pritchard Avenue, Winnipeg |
1926 |
|
Wallingford Press Building |
303 Kennedy Street, Winnipeg |
1926 |
|
Salvation Army Cadet College |
1091 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg |
1926-1927 |
Demolished (?) |
First Presbyterian Church |
61 Picardy Place, Winnipeg |
1927 |
|
Cumberland Court (alterations) |
365 Cumberland Avenue, Winnipeg |
1928 |
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Vulcan Iron Works (addition) |
105 Maple Street North, Winnipeg |
1929 |
Destroyed by fire (4 July 2023) |
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: John Sutherland (1860-1943)
Sources:
“Building permits,” Manitoba Free Press, 5 July 1911, page 16.
“School contract let,” Manitoba Free Press, 1 April 1914, page 22.
“Contract awarded for Curry Block,” Manitoba Free Press, 21 April 1915, page 9.
“Sutherland Construction Co., Ltd.,” Winnipeg Tribune, 25 September 1915, page 150.
“New St. George’s church,” Winnipeg Tribune, 16 September 1916, page 23.
“Two big garages are being built,” Manitoba Free Press, 28 October 1916, page 8.
“Building contracts let,” Manitoba Free Press, 16 June 1917, page 6.
“New Starland to startle public,” Manitoba Free Press, 3 September 1921, page 33.
“Special meeting of school board awards two contracts,” Manitoba Free Press, 30 May 1922, page 8.
“Permits for 14 homes taken within weeks,” Winnipeg Tribune, 27 April 1923, page 6.
Henderson’s Winnipeg and Brandon Directories, Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Libraries.
“Building permits in city growing daily,” Manitoba Free Press, 28 April 1926, page 4.
“City and district,” Manitoba Free Press, 18 October 1926, page 4.
“Work start on Salvation Army Training Home,” Winnipeg Tribune, 27 October 1926, page 6.
“Permit for the construction,” Winnipeg Tribune, 4 November 1926, page 18.
“Work starts on construction of Cadet College,” Winnipeg Tribune, 17 March 1927, page 5.
“Building for 1928 total 1,450; 450 dwellings,” Manitoba Free Press, 16 June 1928, page 16.
“Construction work in progress in Winnipeg,” Manitoba Free Press, 20 April 1929, page 32.
“Temple facade to get new life,” Winnipeg Free Press, 10 July 1985.
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: 7 July 2023
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