In 1953, the Municipality of West Kildonan commissioned a one-storey red-brick municipal office and hall at a cost of $60,000. These new quarters replaced administrative space within the West Kildonan Municipal Office and Fire Hall nearby on Hartford Avenue. Staff relocated to these premises on 2 November 1953, with an official opening held two days later.
Among the dignitaries present at the ceremony were former Kildonan / West Kildonan Reeve Edmund Partridge, sitting Mayor John Frederick Archibald “Jack” Partridge, Mayor-elect Arthur Edgar Wright, Muncipal & Public Utilities Board Chairman David Leopold Mellish, MLA-elect Andrew Russell Paulley, Premier Douglas Lloyd Campbell, and Municipal Affairs Minister Edmond Prefontaine. Upon completion, the building housed the council chamber, administrative offices, and engineering department for the municipality, with both the local police and fire departments remaining at the Hartford facility.
The building was subsequently expanded towards its Main Street frontage.
The former West Kildonan Muncipal Office (March 2016)
Source: Nathan KramerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.93677, W97.11818
denoted by symbol on the map above
“W. Kildonan opens new civic office,” Winnipeg Free Press, 5 November 1953, page 3.
“W. Kildonan Hall opened,” Winnipeg Tribune, 5 November 1953, page 19.
Henderson’s Winnipeg and Brandon Directories, Henderson Directories Limited, Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Libraries.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 29 November 2024
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