Memorable Manitobans: William Richard Marshall (1854-1909)

Architect.

Born in Scotland on 15 August 1854, he emigrated to Canada in 1879. Coming to Winnipeg, he apprenticed as an architect with James Chisholm then worked as a draftsman for Willmot and Stewart. In late 1882, he formed a partnership with H. F. Slater then moved to Brandon in late 1887 or early 1888. He and Walter Shillinglaw were the dominant architects in Brandon during the next ten years, during the construction boom of the 1890s. By 1898, he had moved to Victoria Island, British Columbia. He returned to Brandon in 1903 and worked there until at least 1906, later moving back to Victoria where he died on 27 December 1909.

Some of his architectural works in Manitoba included:

Building

Location

Year

Status

Hughes House (Joseph Henry Hughes)

Princess Avenue, Brandon

1888

?

Kelly House (Andrew Kelly)

Sixth Street, Brandon

1888

?

Nation House (Frederick Nation)

Lorne Avenue, Brandon

1888

?

Bank of British North America Building

1000 Rosser Avenue, Brandon

1890

Destroyed by fire (1953)

Brandon Electric Light Company

243 Tenth Street, Brandon

1890

Demolished (?)

Brandon General Hospital

McTavish Avenue and Russell Street, Brandon

1891-1892

Demolished (1962)

Brandon City Hall

818 Princess Avenue, Brandon

1891-1892

Demolished (1971)

Sandison House

RM of Elton

1892-1893

 

Beaubier Hotel

Eighth Street (southeast corner Princess Avenue), Brandon

1893

Demolished (2008)

Fraser Block / Chrest Block

1031 Rosser Avenue, Brandon

1898

 

Brandon Club Building

158 Eleventh Street, Brandon

1904

 

Arlington Hotel

541 Rosser Avenue, Brandon

1904

Demolished (?)

Sources:

1901 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.

Death registration, British Columbia Vital Statistics.

Obituary, Vancouver Daily World, 29 December 1909, page 18.

If Walls Could Talk: Manitoba’s Best Buildings Explored & Explained by David Butterfield and Maureen Devanik Butterfield, Great Plains Publications, 2000, 128 pages.

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

We thank Robert Hill for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 14 September 2023

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