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Memorable Manitobans: Charles Osborn Wickenden (1851-1934)
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
525 Victoria Avenue East, Brandon
1883
Northern Crown Bank Building
232 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg
1883
Destroyed by fire (27 December 1955)
282 Hamilton Street, Neepawa
1884
210 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg
1886
Demolished (1974)
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, Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Libraries.
Error processing SSI file“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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