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

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MAC Principals | MAC Instructors | U of M Buildings | Photos & Coordinates | Sources

The Fort Garry Campus of the University of Manitoba contains several buildings that were once part of the Manitoba Agricultural College (MAC), which moved here in October 1913 from a site on Tuxedo Avenue. Designed by Samuel Hooper in his capacity as Provincial Architect, after Hooper’s death in 1911, their completion was overseen by his successor, Victor Horwood. They included the Main College Building (1911-1913), Powerhouse (1912), Horticulture and Biology Building (1912), Tache Hall (1912), Agricultural Engineering Building (1912), Agricultural College Barn (1913), Principal’s Residence (1912-1913), Chemistry and Physics Building (1913), Dairy Science Building (1913), and Agriculture Lecture Block (1913). The College was integrated into the University in 1924. Buildings added to the site in the 1930s, following its transition to University control, included the Arts Building (1932) and Science Building (1932).

MAC Principals

Period	Principal
Before 1913	See Manitoba Agricultural College
1913-1915	William John Black (1872-1941)
1915-1920	Joseph Benson Reynolds (1867-1948)
1920-1922	John Bracken (1883-1969)
1922-1924	Charles Henry Lee (1879-?) - Acting
1924	William Christie McKillican (1882-1964)
After 1924	See University of Manitoba

MAC Instructors (1913-1916)

Instructors before 1913 are listed here.

Instructor	Subject	Period
J. E. Bergey	Poultry Husbandry	1915-1916
A. Blackstock	Animal Husbandry	1914-1915
J. H. Bridge	Field Husbandry	1914-1916
Frederick William Brodrick (1879-1958)	Horticulture and Forestry	1913-1937
J. M. C. Brown	Animal Husbandry	1916
F. Gerald Churchill (1884-?)	Soil Physics, Mathematics	1913-1916
David L. Cormack	Carpentry, Woodwork	1913
Frederick Walter Crawford (1889-1967)	Animal Husbandry	1913-1914
W. J. Crowe	Buttermaking	1913
Robert Alexander Cunningham (1888-1918)	Chemistry	1913-1916
Miss B. A. Duncan	Household Economics, Cookery	1913-1914
Edith M. Eadie	Household Science	1915-1916
E. H. Farrell	Milk Testing	1913-1916
J. F. Francis	Poultry Husbandry	1916
A. J. Galbraith	Chemistry	1916
W. J. Gilmore	Engineering and Mechanics	1913-1915
H. M. Gowsell	Household Science	1916
Miss M. C. Green	Household Art	1913
Thomas J. Harrison (1885-?)	Field Husbandry	1913-1916
M. C. Herner	Poultry Husbandry	1913-1916
J. C. Hooper	Agricultural Botany	1913
C. R. Hopper	English	1913-1915
Vincent William Jackson (1876-1953)	Botany	1913-1916
F. S. Jacobs	Animal Husbandry	1916
E. W. Jones	Animal Husbandry	1914-1915
A. R. Judson	Field Husbandry	1916
Miss Anna Kennedy	Physical Training	1916
Miss Margaret Kennedy	Household Arts	1913-1916
Charles Henry Lee (1879-?)	Biology, Agricultural Botany	1913-1916
Samuel Carson Lee (1872-1926)	Physics	1913-1916
J. McBrown	Animal Husbandry	1915
Eleanor G. McFadden	Household Science	1916
S. D. McGilvary	Veterinary Science	1913-1916
J. A. McGregor	Field Husbandry	1913-1915
Miss M. McKee	Household Science	1913
Robert Milne	Agriculture and Engineering, Farm Machinery	1913-1916
J. W. Mitchell	Dairy Husbandry	1913-1916
L. A. Moorhouse	Field Husbandry	1913-1915
G. W. Morden	Chemistry	1913-1916
Alfred William Muldrew (1889-1976)	Mathematics and Physics	1916
R. W. Murchie	English	1916
J. A. Neilson	Horticulture and Forestry	1915
F. H. Newcombe	Animal Husbandry	1916
Walter H. Peters (1885-?)	Animal Husbandry	1913-1914
Mrs. Charlton A. Salisbury	Home Economics	1913-1915
R. Shafheitlen	Mathematics and Physics	1916
W. S. Shearer	English	1915
L. J. Smith	Engineering and Mechanics	1913-1916
George Albert Sproule (1872-1936)	English	1913-1916
I. Villeneuve	Cheesemaking	1913-1916
R. Watt	Blacksmithing	1913-1914
William Weir	Buttermaking	1916
George Guy White (c1885-1916)	Chemistry, Rural Economics and Farm Management	1913-1916
Gordon W. Wood	Animal Husbandry	1913-1916

University of Manitoba Buildings (in chronological order)

Building	Address	Year	Status
Manitoba Agricultural College / Administration Building	66 Chancellors Circle	1912
Agricultural Engineering Building	96 Dafoe Road	1912
Engineering I Building	75B Chancellors Circle	1912
Horticulture and Biology Building / Home Economics Building / Human Ecology Building	35 Chancellors Circle	1912
Powerhouse	33 Maclean Crescent	1912
Tache Hall	150 Dafoe Road	1912
Principal’s Residence / Chancellor’s Hall	177 Dysart Road	1912-1913
Agricultural College Barn	Service 3 Street South	1913
Agriculture Lecture Block	38 Dafoe Road	1913
Chemistry and Physics Building / Earth Sciences Building / Fitzgerald Building	55 Chancellors Circle	1913
Dairy Science Building	112 Dafoe Road	1913
Dominion Rust Research Laboratory	194 Dafoe Road	1926
Science Building / Buller Building	45 Chancellors Circle	1932
Tier Building	173 Dafoe Road	1932
Alumni House	Dafoe Road	1939	Demolished (2009)
Bison Building	95 Curry Place	1948	Demolished (1998)
Elizabeth Dafoe Library	25 Chancellors Circle	1952
Agriculture Building	66 Dafoe Road	1958
St. John’s College	92 Dysart Road	1958
St. Paul’s College	70 Dysart Road	1958
Agriculture Canada Building	195 Dafoe Road	1958	Demolished (c2013)
John A. Russell Building	84 Curry Place	1959
Crop Research Building / Plant Science Building	Dafoe Road	1960
Allen Building	30A Sifton Road	1961
Armes Building	30B Sifton Road	1961
Isbister Building	183 Dafoe Road	1961
Parker Building	144 Dysart Road	1961
Animal Science Building	12 Dafoe Road	1962
Education Building	71 Curry Place	1962
Pharmacy Building / Biological Sciences Building	50 Sifton Road	1962
St. Andrew’s College	29 Dysart Road	1963
Mary Speechly Hall / Pembina Hall	34 Maclean Crescent	1964
University College	210 Dysart Road	1964
Fine Arts Building	56 Curry Place	1964-1965
Music Building	65 Dafoe Road	1964-1965
Ellis Building	13 Freedman Crescent	1966
Fletcher Argue Building	15 Chancellors Circle	1967
Robson Hall	224 Dysart Road	1969
University Centre	65 Chancellors Circle	1969
Duff Roblin Building	190 Dysart Road	1970
Frank Kennedy Centre	17 Dafoe Road	1972
Freshwater Institute	501 University Crescent	1972
Machray Hall	186 Dysart Road	1972
Max Bell Centre	109 Sidney Smith Street	1982
Wallace Building	125 Dysart Road	1984

Photos & Coordinates

Buildings of the Manitoba Agricultural College (circa 1919) by C. I. Meyers Source: Gordon Goldsborough, 2014-0294 Manitoba Agricultural College campus (circa 1925) Source: Gordon Goldsborough, M. F. F. Burgess Collection Manitoba Agricultural College campus (no date) Source: Gordon Goldsborough, 2021-0104 Aerial view of the University of Manitoba campus (circa 1942) Source: Gordon Goldsborough, 2014-0006 Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.80958, W97.13269 denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: University of Manitoba, Broadway Campus (Winnipeg)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Agricultural College (Tuxedo Avenue, Winnipeg)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Agricultural College War Memorial (Fort Garry Campus, University of Manitoba)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Reginald Buller Monument (University of Manitoba, Winnipeg)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: 11th Canadian Field Ambulance War Memorial (University of Manitoba, Winnipeg)

Memorable Manitobans: Samuel Hooper (1851-1911)

Memorable Manitobans: Victor William Horwood (1878-1939)

MHS Centennial Organization: University of Manitoba

Sources:

“Prof. Geo. White killed on farm,” Winnipeg Tribune, 12 October 1916, page 5.

We thank Bob Hainstock, Ed Ledohowski, and Nathan Kramer for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 20 June 2024

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