Memorable Manitobans: Hugh Rotherham Eade (1882-1976)

Hugh Rotherham Eade Click to enlarge

Architect, engineer, property appraiser.

Born at Ipswich, England in August 1882, he emigrated to Canada in 1903. He worked as an architect and engineer in Winnipeg where he practised in partnership with his brother Wallace Cotman Eade from 1906 to 1910, under the firm name of Eade Brothers. When his brother left the firm, it became H. R. Eade and Company.

He also served as Secretary of Western Iron Works Limited and as Property Assessor for the Rural Municipality of North Kildonan (1925-1960), Rural Municipality of St. Clements (1940-?), and other municipalities. On 1 June 1918, he married teacher Constance Aaron (c1877-1949) at Winnipeg. They had no children. He served as President of the Manitoba Motor League (1929).

He died at Winnipeg on 8 May 1976.

Some of his architectural works in Manitoba included:

Building	Location	Year	Status
Hartney Town Hall	220 West Railway Street, Hartney, Municipality of Grassland	1905-1906
May Street Sub-Station / Winnipeg Hydro Sub-Station No. 3	541 Waterfront Drive, Winnipeg	1906-1907
Shaarey Shomayim Synagogue	129 Dagmar Street, Winnipeg	1907
Windsor Hotel (addition and alterations)	649-659 Main Street, Winnipeg	1907
Gunton School No. 1507	Gunton, RM of Rockwood	1911	Demolished (?)
Teulon Consolidated School No. 1093	Teulon	1917	Demolished (?)
Dorothy Block	39 Charlotte Street, Winnipeg	1929	Demolished (?)
North Star Service Station	16 Eighteenth Street North, Brandon	1930	Demolished (?)
North Star Service Station	20 Maryland Street Winnipeg	1934	Demolished (?)
North Star Service Station	412 Nairn Avenue, Winnipeg	1935
North Star Service Station	888 Main Street, Winnipeg	1940	Demolished (?)

Sources:

“Tenders,” Manitoba Free Press, 3 October 1910, page 2.

1911 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.

Marriage registration, Manitoba Vital Statistics.

1921 Canada census, Ancestry.

“H. R. Eade head of Motor League for present year,” Manitoba Free Press, 16 February 1929, page 29.

“Outside construction,” Manitoba Free Press, 12 July 1930, page 24.

“Building notes,” Winnipeg Tribune, 16 June 1934, page 5.

“St. Clements assessor,” Winnipeg Free Press, 23 May 1940, page 8.

“Many residences started and planned during week,” Winnipeg Free Press, 29 June 1940, page 7.

Obituary [Constance Eade], Winnipeg Tribune, 27 January 1949, page 24.

Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 10 May 1976, page 19.

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

Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada, 1800-1950 by Robert G. Hill, Toronto.

We thank Nathan Kramer, Ed Dwyer, Jim Smith, and Jordan Makichuk for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 19 May 2024

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