This 2½-storey brick building at the intersection of West Railway Street and River Avenue in Hartney, in the Municipality of Grassland, measures 48 feet by 82 feet. It was designed by Winnipeg architects Hugh Rotherham Eade and Wallace Cotman Eade, and built between 1905 and 1906 by contractor Arthur Vaughan at a cost of $9,895. It housed fire-fighting equipment, an auditorium for public meetings and social functions, and meeting rooms for the local AF & AM, Odd Fellows, and Hartney town band. The building has been unoccupied since 2007.
A bell in front of the building was originally erected in 1904 on the Hartney Public School building. It lists the three members of the Hartney School Board at that time: John Archibald Scott, William Edward Crawford, and Richard Brunsdon.
Hartney Town Hall (circa 1906)
Source: Grassland Municipality Photo Collection
The former Hartney Town Hall (April 2016)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
The former Hartney Town Hall (August 2021)
Source: George Penner
The former Hartney Town Hall (August 2022)
Source: Alisa Kehler
Interior of the former Hartney Town Hall (August 2022)
Source: Alisa KehlerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.48196, W100.52340
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: Hugh Rotherham Eade (1882-1976)
Memorable Manitobans: Wallace Cotman Eade (1871-1916)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Boissevain Town Hall (578 Cook Street, Boissevain, Municipality of Boissevain-Morton)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitou Opera House (325 Main Street, Manitou, Municipality of Pembina)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Virden Municipal Building and Auditorium (228 Wellington Street West, Virden)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Abandoned Manitoba
“Hartney Town Hall,” Winnipeg Tribune, 23 September 1905, page 16.
“Hartney’s New Hall,” Manitoba Free Press, 28 September 1906, page 12.
The Mere Living: A Biography of the Hartney District by Hazel McDonald Parkinson, 1957. [Manitoba Legislative Library, F5649.H37.Par]
We thank Brad Coe, Ken Storie, George Penner, Alisa Kehler, and Jordan Makichuk for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 19 May 2024
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