Memorable Manitobans: Roy Sellors (1913-2005)

Architect, university professor.

Born at Kildonan on 8 June 1913, one of three sons of Ernest Wright Sellors (?-1959) and Elizabeth Smith (1878-1971), he studied Architecture at the University of Manitoba, graduating in 1936 with the RAIC Gold Medal. He then obtained a Masters degree in Architecture from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1939.

In 1946, he became a professor in the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Manitoba, serving as Dean of Architecture (1967-1973) before retirement in 1978. He also maintained a private architectural practice for over 30 years, designing churches, schools, and private homes. He was a member of the Manitoba Association of Architects, Royal Institute of British Architects, and American Institute of Architects. In 1941, he married Theresa Gervais (1917-2000) in Texas and they had five children.

He died at the Convalescent Home of Winnipeg on 24 April 2005 and was buried in the Fort Garry Roman Catholic Cemetery.

Some of his architectural works in Manitoba included:

Building	Location	Year	Status
Our Lady of Victory School	249 Arnold Street, Winnipeg	1948-1949
Sellors House	717 South Drive, Winnipeg	1954
St. Vital Roman Catholic Church	1629 Pembina Highway, Winnipeg	1956
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Roman Catholic Church	4588 Roblin Boulevard, Winnipeg	1956
St. Maurice School	1639 Pembina Highway, Winnipeg	1958
Cornerstone Baptist Church	505 Oakview Avenue, Winnipeg	1959
St. Joseph the Worker Roman Catholic Church and School	505 Brewster Street, Winnipeg	1960
Transcona Public Library	111 Victoria Avenue West, Winnipeg	1961

See also:

Roy Sellors, Winnipeg Architecture Foundation.

Sources:

Birth registration, Manitoba Vital Statistics.

Obituary [Elizabeth Sellors], Winnipeg Free Press, 20 November 1971, page 37.

Obituary [Theresa Sellors], Winnipeg Free Press, 10 March 2000.

Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 30 April 2005.

Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 4 June 2022

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