Manitoba Business: Taubensee Construction Company

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The Taubensee Construction Company was founded at Swan River on 15 June 1955 by John Taubensee (1903-1995). He also worked in the Flin Flon area and partnered with his son, John Guenther Taubensee. The company relocated to Winnipeg in 1960.

Work Samples

Building	Location	Year	Status
Steinbach Collegiate Institute	77 Lumber Avenue, Steinbach	1961-1962
Robert Browning School	130 Browning Boulevard, Winnipeg	1963
Dakota Collegiate Institute	661 Dakota Street, Winnipeg	1963-1964
St. Boniface Police Station, Jail, and Courthouse	227 Provencher Boulevard, Winnipeg	1963-1964
Ness Junior High School	3300 Ness Avenue, Winnipeg	1964-1965
Assiniboine Indian Residential School Chapel and Gymnasium (next to Assiniboine Indian Residential School)	611 Academy Road, Winnipeg	1965
MTS Vernon Telephone Building (expansion)	2491 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg	1966
Arthur Oliver School	647 School Road, Winnipeg	1967-1968	Demolished (1990s)
Bedson School	250 Bedson Street, Winnipeg	1967-1968
Voyageur School	37 Voyageur Street, Winnipeg	1967-1968
John Blumberg Golf Course Clubhouse	4540 Portage Avenue, Headingley	c1968
Hedges Junior High School	369 Fairlane Avenue, Winnipeg	1968-1969
Boissevain Complex / Boissevain Elementary & Collegiate (expansion)	885 Mill Road, Boissevain, Municipality of Boissevain-Morton	1971-1972
Victor H. L. Wyatt School	485 Meadowood Drive, Winnipeg	1976-1979
Pacific Junction School	715 Cathcart Street, Winnipeg	1987
Sun Valley School	125 Sun Valley Drive, Winnipeg	1986

See also:

Memorable Manitobans: John Guenther Taubensee (1930-2009)

Sources:

Business Names Registration files (CCA 0062), 746 - Taubense Construction Company, GR13054, Archives of Manitoba.

“Contract awarded [St. Boniface],” Winnipeg Free Press, 1 November 1963, page 3.

“Johnson opens new St. Vital collegiate,” Winnipeg Tribune, 12 March 1964, page 2.

“St. Boniface Police Building opens,” Winnipeg Free Press, 2 November 1964, page 18.

“Indian School contract let,” Winnipeg Free Press, 12 April 1965 page 4.

“Jottings from the business world [Construction is underway to enlarge the Vernon telephone building in St. James ...],” Winnipeg Free Press, 2 May 1966, page 15.

“4,000 at college open house,” Winnipeg Free Press, 2 October 1970, page 48.

“Cave-in closes 19th hole,” Winnipeg Free Press, 11 June 1971, page 55.

“Gimli CN facilities to be built,” Winnipeg Free Press, 10 February 1977, page 8.

Obituary [John Taubensee], Winnipeg Free Press, 19 October 1995, page 44.

Winnipeg estate file (ATG 0025A), PR09-01-81772 John G. Taubensee, Archives of Manitoba.

This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer.

Page revised: 27 September 2024