Historic Sites of Manitoba: Engineering I Building (75B Chancellors Circle, Winnipeg)

This three-storey brick building on the Fort Garry Campus of the University of Manitoba was designed by local architects Samuel Hooper and Victor Horwood, and built in 1913 by Thomas Kelly and Sons as part of the Manitoba Agricultural College. It originally housed the Department of Agricultural Engineering, and was built with brick and limestone for fireproofing measures.

Engineering I Building

Engineering I Building (no date)
Source: Archives of Manitoba, George Harris Fonds, Acc. 1979-141, P7447, Album 2, Page 31.

Engineering I Building

Engineering I Building (January 2021)
Source: Rose Kuzina

Engineering I Building

Engineering I Building (April 2021)
Source: George Penner

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.80845, W97.13310
denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Memorable Manitobans: Samuel Hooper (1851-1911)

Memorable Manitobans: Victor William Horwood (1878-1939)

Manitoba Business: Kelly Brothers / Manitoba Construction Company / Kelly Brothers and Mitchell / Thomas Kelly and Sons

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Agricultural College / University of Manitoba (Fort Garry Campus, Winnipeg)

Sources:

The Manitoba Provincial Architect's Office (1904-1916) by Erin A. M. Booth, MA Thesis, University of Winnipeg, November 1994, footnote #228.

We thank Rose Kuzina and George Penner for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 3 June 2024

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