Memorable Manitobans: Charles Osborn Wickenden (1851-1934)

Architect.

Born in England in January 1851, he worked as an architect around Manitoba during the early 1880s then moved to Vancouver, British Columbia in 1889. He died there on 7 December 1934.

Some of his architectural work in Manitoba included:

Building	Location	Year	Status
Winnipeg Court House	140 Kennedy Street, Winnipeg	1882-1883
Brandon Gaol and Court House	525 Victoria Avenue East, Brandon	1883
Northern Crown Bank Building	232 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg	1883	Destroyed by fire (27 December 1955)
Neepawa Court House	282 Hamilton Street, Neepawa	1884
Rowand Block	210 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg	1886	Demolished (1974)
Boulton Scouts Monument	219 Westbourne Street East, Russell, Municipality of Russell-Binscarth	1888

Sources:

Manitoba Weekly Free Press, 6 September 1888, page 4.

1911 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.

Death registration, British Columbia Vital Statistics.

Henderson’s Winnipeg and Brandon Directories, Henderson Directories Limited, Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Libraries.

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

“Downtown building just mass of rubble,” Winnipeg Tribune, 27 December 1955, page 1.

Winnipeg Buildings Index, University of Manitoba

We thank Robert Hill for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 12 May 2023

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