Memorable Manitobans: Eldred Dodsworth Tuttle (1878-1965)

Eldred Dodsworth Tuttle Click to enlarge

Architect.

Born at Parrsboro, Nova Scotia in May 1878, son of carpenter George Wells Tuttle (1852-1912) and Ellen Jane Dodsworth (1855-1938), he began working in the building trade at the age of 15 then took a correspondence course in architecture. In 1899, he came to Winnipeg with his family and continued in construction, working as a building foreman for two years before becoming an architect. For a time, he worked at Souris with lumberman Thomas L. Arnett.

For about a year starting in June 1906, he worked in partnership with Albert S. Jewett in the firm of Jewett and Tuttle. Practicing alone as of late 1907, he began to specialize in the construction of schools and was responsible for designing buildings in towns around Manitoba.

On 25 June 1902, he married Evangeline Burman (1876-1959), daughter of Edward Burman, at Winnipeg. They had no children. The couple moved to Chicago, Illinois in 1924 where he died on 15 September 1965.

His architectural works in Manitoba included:

Building	Location	Year	Status
Emmanuel Baptist Church	Bannatyne & Emily, Winnipeg	1906	Demolished (?)
Cumberland Court Apartments	365 Cumberland Avenue, Winnipeg	1907
Gordon Methodist Church	211 Poplar Avenue, Winnipeg	1907
Starbuck Consolidated School No. 1150	Starbuck, RM of Macdonald	1910
Britannia School	361 Hampton Street, Winnipeg	1910	Demolished (?)
Methodist Fresh Air Home	Gimli	1910	Demolished (?)
Gretna School No. 336	Gretna	1911	Demolished (?)
George Cram Residence	65 Balmoral Place, Winnipeg	1911
Swan River School No. 1047	Swan River	1912	Demolished (?)
Transcona Municipal Building and Fire Hall	Victoria Avenue West, Transcona	1912	Demolished (?)
Transcona Central School	Oxford Street, Transcona	1912-1913	Demolished (?)
Brooklands School No. 1440 / Krawchyk School	1921 Pacific Avenue West, Brooklands	1912-1913	Demolished (?)
Whitemouth School No. 139	Whitemouth, RM of Whitemouth	1913	Demolished (?)
Parkholme Apartments (with David A. Abramovitch)	252 Home Street, Winnipeg	1913-1914
Roseisle Consolidated School No. 726	Roseisle, RM of Dufferin	1914
Benito Consolidated School No. 1408	Benito	1914	Demolished (?)
Oak Bluff Consolidated School No. 600 Teacherage	Oak Bluff, RM of Macdonald	1914	Demolished (?)
Sanford Consolidated School No. 86	Sanford, RM of Macdonald	1914	Demolished (?)
Charleswood School No. 826	Roblin Boulevard, RM of Charleswood	1914	Demolished (?)
Calvary Evangelical Church	590 Alverstone Street, Winnipeg	1914
Carroll Consolidated School No. 868	Carroll, RM of Oakland	1915
Cameron Consolidated School No. 406	RM of Minto	1916
Wentworth School No. 1801	RM of Rosser	1916	Demolished (?)
Happy Thought School No. 1452	East Selkirk, RM of St. Clements	1917	Demolished (c1967)
Rosery School No. 1907	RM of Armstrong	1918	Demolished (?)
Southfield School No. 1044	RM of Victoria	1918	Demolished (?)
Makaroff Consolidated School No. 1238	Makaroff, RM of Shell River	1919	Demolished (?)
Oakner Consolidated School No. 290	Oakner, RM of Hamiota	1919-1920	Demolished (?)
Arden Consolidated School No. 341	Arden, RM of Lansdowne	1920	Demolished (?)
Devonshire Collegiate Institute	Main Street, Selkirk	1920	Demolished (?)
Reedy Creek School No. 1983	RM of Alonsa	1920	Demolished (?)
Goose Lake Consolidated School No. 1283	Roblin	1920	Demolished (?)
Graysville Consolidated School No. 1493	Graysville, RM of Dufferin	1920
Kenton Consolidated School No. 280	Kenton, RM of Woodworth	1920	Demolished (?)
Beulah School No. 162	Beulah, RM of Miniota	1921	Demolished (?)
Wingham Consolidated School No. 1921	RM of Grey	1921	Destroyed by fire (1929)
Lockport School No. 6	RM of St. Andrews	1922-1923

Sources:

1901 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.

Marriage and death registrations, Manitoba Vital Statistics.

“New firm of architects,” Manitoba Free Press, 30 June 1906, page 10.

Local news, Souis Plaindealer, 6 July 1906, page 8.

The Story of Manitoba by F. H. Schofield, Winnipeg: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1913.

““Grandpa” Burman, pioneer of Maryland Methodists, is dead,” Winnipeg Tribune, 5 February 1923, page 2.

US Naturalization Records, Ancestry.

Obituary [Evangeline Tuttle], Winnipeg Free Press, 16 April 1959, page 33.

Obituary [Edna Blanche Tuttle], Winnipeg Free Press, 23 May 1961, page 26.

Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 16 September 1965, page 16.

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

We thank Randy Rostecki and Nathan Kramer for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 30 January 2024

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