Memorable Manitobans: Herbert John Payton (1879-1934)

Architect.

He worked as a contractor at Toronto, Ontario before beginning to work as an architect there in 1905. He moved to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in 1910 then to Dauphin in 1919. He had discontinued his practice by 1924 and was living at Port Arthur [now Thunder Bay], Ontario. He died there on 6 December 1934.

Some of his architectural works in Manitoba included:

Building

Location

Year

Status

Houston House

38 Fifth Avenue NW, Dauphin

1918-1919

 

Smith-Jackson School

701 First Street SE, Dauphin

1921

Demolished (late 1980s)

Sources:

“Architect locates at Dauphin,” Dauphin Herald and Press, 26 June 1919, page 7.

“Tenders for seven-room school building,” Dauphin Herald and Press, 17 June 1920, page 1.

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

We thank Therese Shamray for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Robert Hill and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 20 November 2023

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