Architect, civil servant.
Born at Croydon, England on 4 May 1845, he came to Toronto in 1865 and practised as an architect, later moving to Winnipeg and forming a partnership with Edward McCoskrie. In 1903 he became Superintendent of Public Works for the Canadian government. He was married to Elizabeth Flint of Montreal. They had one son, J. H. Greenfield. He was a member of the AF & AM, IOF, AOUW, and Grace Methodist Church, and he served as a founding director and president of the Manitoba Association of Architects. He died at his Winnipeg home, 345 Kennedy Street, on 3 November 1910 and was buried in the St. John’s Cathedral Cemetery.
Some of his architectural works in Manitoba included:
Building
Location
Year
Status
Cornelius Building
120 King Street, Winnipeg
1876
374 Hargrave Street, Winnipeg
1882
Demolished (1936)
Woods / Dryden Bag Company
148-150 Alexander Avenue, Winnipeg
1884
120 King Street, Winnipeg
1896
Avalon Block (renovation)
89 Notre Dame Avenue East, Winnipeg
1900
492 Main Street, Winnipeg
1903
454 Edmonton Street, Winnipeg
1903
576 Maryland Street, Winnipeg
1903
Demolished (1943)
21 Second Avenue NW, Dauphin
1908
McDermot Avenue, Winnipeg
1910
Cook’s Creek School No. 20
RM of Springfield
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“Dominion official dies in Winnipeg,” Manitoba Free Press, 4 November 1910, page 5.
Death registration, Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Pioneers and Early Citizens of Manitoba, Winnipeg: Manitoba Library Association, 1971.
Dictionary of Manitoba Biography by John M. “Jack” Bumsted, Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press, 1999.
Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada, 1800-1950 by Robert G. Hill, Toronto.
We thank Nathan Kramer and Jordan Makichuk for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 16 May 2023
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