Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitou Normal School (Main Street, Manitou, Municipality of Pembina)

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The Manitou Normal School building in Manitou was designed by Winnipeg architect Walter Chesterton and erected in 1905 by contractor George Ullyot at a cost of $18,000. For 28 years, the facility was used to train public school teachers until it closed in 1933. The building was then used as a high school in the Manitou Consolidated School District. It was demolished sometime in the 1990s and the site is now occupied seasonally by a hockey rink.

Principals

Period	Principal
1905	William Joseph Cram (1861-1940)
1905-1907	Thomas Martin Maguire (1857-1925)
1907-1909	Benjamin Jones Hales (1868-1945)
1909-1910	Thomas Martin Maguire (1857-1925)
1910-1911	Marshall Hall-Jones (1865-1927)
1911-1931	Joseph William Gordon (1868-1954)
1931-1933	George Wesley Bartlett (1876-1950)

Vice-Principals

Period	Vice-Principal
1905-1906	William Joseph Parr (1867-1943)
1915-1916	William Joseph Parr (1867-1943)
1916	Andrew Willows [Andreas Weidenhammer] (1863-1925)
1917-1919	James Erron Stanley Dunlop (1882-1945)
1920-1921	Theophilus Grant Finn (1865-1934)
1922	William Joseph Parr (1867-1943)
1925	Theophilus Grant Finn (1865-1934)

Teachers

School Year	Teachers
1905	Miss M. E. Clark (music)
1909	Miss M. E. Clark (music)
1910	Miss M. E. Clark (music)
1912	T. E. Carroll (physical culture), Miss E. G. Clarke (music)
1913	T. E. Carroll (physical culture), Miss E. G. Clarke (music)
1915	T. E. Carroll (physical culture), Miss E. G. Clarke (music), Miss Gayton (drawing, handwork), Asenath Owens (handwork)
1915-1916	T. E. Carroll (physical culture), Miss E. G. Clarke (music), Miss Gayton (drawing, handwork), Asenath Owens (handwork)
1916-1917	Miss E. G. Clarke (music), Miss Gayton (art, handwork), Miss Lonsbrough (handwork), M. F. Pringle (manual training)
1917-1918	J. Carroll, Miss E. M. Creighton (drawing), Miss B. Forrest (handwork), Miss K. E. Pollock (handwork), M. F. Pringle (manual training)
1918-1919	Miss E. M. Creighton (drawing), F. Forrest (handwork), Miss K. E. Pollock (handwork), M. F. Pringle (manual training)
1919-1920	A. B. Irvine (manual training), F. Lawlor (music), Miss K. E. Pollock (handwork), M. Winram (art)
1920-1921	J. B. Fraser (handwork), F. Lewis (drawing), Grace McRae (music), N. M. Spratt (handwork)
1922	E. Anderson (art), Grace McRae (handwork), T. G. Palfrey (manual training), N. M. Spratt (handwork)
1925	G. Maxwell (drawing), C. P. Ritchie (handwork, sewing), D. E. Ritchie (handwork, sewing), Sgt. Tomkins (physical instructor)
1930-1931	Miss Broadfoot (handwork), H. F. Giffin (music), Miss Larter (drawing)

Students

School Year

Students

1930-1931

H. Aldis, G. Allison, J. Andrieslyn, E. Bowler, I. Bingham, William Henry “Bill” Bradley, J. Cockriell, O. Colter, L. Cooke, M. Cullum, T. Currie, T. Dunn, D. Earwaker, H. M. Easton, B. Elliott, M. Eyolfson, A. Ferris, Eve Fines, J. Fleming, V. Foster, D. Fulford, R. Graham, M. Griffith, P. Hamm, L. M. Henwood, A. Johnston, L. M. Jordan, N. Krayny, Mrs. L. Kristjanson, G. Lohreng, E. Lussier, M. Maloney, V. March, M. Martin, E. McDowell, L. McDowell, N. McIntosh, M. McKitrick, H. Newton, S. Peters, G. Peterson, Allin John Pybus, J. Reid, E. Smith, G. Stevenson, R. Tellier, S. Thorsteinson, J. A. Unger, M. Vrooman, A. Weins

Photos & Coordinates

Postcard view of Manitou Normal School (no date) Source: Gordon Goldsborough, 2013-0087 Postcard view of Manitou Normal School (no date) Source: Gordon Goldsborough, 2013-0088 Site of the former Manitou Normal School (2011) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.23853, W98.54016 denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Brandon Normal School / Model Room School / Agricultural Extension Centre (1129 Queens Street, Brandon)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Dauphin Normal School / Whitmore School (First Street SW, Dauphin)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitou Normal School (Main Street, Manitou, Municipality of Pembina)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Central School / Portage Normal School / Prince Charles School (Third Street Southwest, Portage la Prairie)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: St. Boniface Normal School (210 rue Masson, Winnipeg)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba School for the Deaf (500 Shaftesbury, Winnipeg)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Mulvey School (750 Wolseley Avenue, Winnipeg)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Central School No. 944 (1899-1954)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Old Central School (Tenth Street, Brandon)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Victoria School (32 Fifth Street SE, Portage la Prairie)

Sources:

Public Buildings Erected and Improved by the Government of Manitoba during the Years 1900-1906, Government of Manitoba, December 1906. [Copy at Archives of Manitoba]

In Rhythm With Our Roots: A History of Manitou & Area edited by Haraldine Webb and Diana Vodden, published by the Manitou Centennial Book Committee, 1997, pages 174-178.

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

We thank Bette Mueller and Doug Peterson for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 8 September 2023

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