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Construction of a two-storey brick school building in west Winnipeg commenced in the spring of 1966. Designed by the local architectural firm of Pratt Lindgren Snider Tomcej and Associates, the future Allard School was contructed by Stanley Douglas Burton and it opened in February 1967. The school took its name from the adjoining street which, in turn, commemorates missionary and cleric Joachim Allard. The building had 24 classrooms for classes from Kindergarten to grade 6, a large gymnasium, and library.
After the school closed in 1986, the building was renovated for use by the Winnipeg Police Academy. It also hosted the Winnipeg Police Museum until its move in 2016 to the police headquarters in downtown Winnipeg. The building is vacant and it is planned to be demolished in 2024 to make way for residential construction.
Period
Principal
1969-1973
Ronald Keith Pettapiece (1926-2010)
1973-1979
Ronald Victor “Ron” Sigurdson
1979-1986
Frank H. Voth
Period
Vice-Principal
1969-1970
Mr. J. B. Friesen
1970-1973
Mr. H. Sheldon
1973-1975
Vivian Doris Glass (1920-2009)
1975-1977
none
No information.
The former Allard School building (May 2020)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
The former Allard School building (May 2020)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.87860, W97.30568
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Manitoba Business: Pratt Lindgren Snider Tomcej and Associates
Memorable Manitobans: Stanley Douglas Burton (1925-2014)
“Requests proposals to lease,” Winnipeg Free Press, 12 April 1986, page 12.
School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.
“Former Allard School to become residential infill,” Winnipeg Free Press, 20 June 2023.
We thank the St. James Assiniboia School Division and Nathan Kramer for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 19 September 2024
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