This building was designed in 1899 for the McClary Manufacturing Company by local architect S. Frank Peters. It is a municipally-designated historic site.
Some employees of the company who were killed during service in the First World War were commemorated at a 61st Battalion concert held at the Walker Theatre on 13-14 December 1915.
McClary Building (April 2011)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
McClary Building (February 2020)
Source: George PennerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.89794, W97.13801
denoted by symbol on the map above
Name
Occupation
Service
Rank
Birth Date
Death Date
Thomas Robert Hatton
Chauffeur
1st Reserve Park, Canadian Army Service Corps
Sergeant
21 September 1886
26 June 1917
Angus Keith MacKinven
Commercial Traveller
Canadian Corps Cavalry Regiment
Private
24 April 1886
12 October 1916
Harry Mortimer Smedley
Clerk
43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
5 June 1882
27 December 1917
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Municipally Designated Historic Sites
McClary Building (185-7 Bannatyne Avenue), City of Winnipeg Historical Buildings Committee, July 1987.
We thank George Penner and Darryl Toews for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 10 December 2023
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