Manitoba Business: Claydon Brothers Construction Company / Claydon Construction Limited

This Winnipeg-based construction firm was founded by brothers Ebenezer Claydon and Arthur Claydon, the latter of whom was killed during military service in the First World War.

Some of its construction work in Manitoba included:

Building	Location	Year	Status
Muir House	32 Balmoral Street, Winnipeg	1906
Broadway Baptist Church	706 Honeyman Avenue, Winnipeg	1906
Central Congregational Church (addition and alterations)	374 Hargrave Street, Winnipeg	1906	Demolished (1936)
Maycock Block (renovations)	586 Main Street, Winnipeg	1906
Dominion Bank Building	678 Main Street, Winnipeg	1907
Assiniboine Park Pavilion	Assiniboine Park, Winnipeg	1908
Kennedy Building	317 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg	1909
Windermere Apartments	224 Kennedy Street, Winnipeg	1909
Welland Court	409-411 Balmoral Street, Winnipeg	1909	Demolished (?)
Christie House	365 Wellington Crescent, Winnipeg	1910
Kenilworth Court	44 Hargrave Street, Winnipeg	1910	Destroyed by fire (2015)
St. Elmo Apartments	177 Colony Street, Winnipeg	1910
Ackland Warehouse	67 Higgins Avenue, Winnipeg	1911
Brussels Apartments	150-156 Lilac Street, Winnipeg	1912
Anvers Apartments	758 McMillan Avenue, Winnipeg	1912
Brown Block	902 Home Street, Winnipeg	1912
DeBary Apartments	626 Wardlaw Avenue, Winnipeg	1912-1913
Speirs House	6 Middle Gate, Winnipeg	1912-1913
Hossie House	66 Waterloo Street, Winnipeg	1913
Sunnycrest Apartments	667 Wolseley Avenue, Winnipeg	1913
William Whyte School	Manitoba Avenue, Winnipeg	1914	Demolished (1976)
King George Hospital	1 Morley Avenue, Winnipeg	1913-1914	Demolished (?)
Broadway Baptist Church (expansion)	706 Honeyman Avenue, Winnipeg	1914
Haffner House	71 West Gate, Winnipeg	1914
William Whyte School	200 Powers Street	1914	Demolished (c1976)
Cornelius Block (alterations)	485 Sherbrook Street, Winnipeg	1919
Eaton’s Mail Order and Catalogue Building (expansion)	333 St. Mary Avenue, Winnipeg	1920
St. Michael and All Angels Anglican Church	300 Hugo Street North, Winnipeg	1920
Lord Selkirk School No. 1 (renovations)	Brazier Street, Winnipeg	1921
Isaac Newton Junior High School	730 Aberdeen Avenue, Winnipeg	1921
Brandon Citizens’ Science Building	270 Eighteenth Street, Brandon	1922-1923
Eaton’s Mail Order and Catalogue Building (expansion)	333 St. Mary Avenue, Winnipeg	1926
Eaton’s Warehouse	130 Galt Avenue, Winnipeg	1927
Winnipeg Electric Desautels Substation	403-407 Rue Desautels	1927
Crescent Garage and Auto Sales Building	791 Corydon Avenue, Winnipeg	1927-1928
Fairhaven Apartments	536 Broadway	1929	Demolished (?)
Hugh John Macdonald School	567 Bannatyne Avenue, Winnipeg	1929-1930
Birtle Indian Residential School	Birtle, Municipality of Prairie View	1930-1931
Women’s Tribute Memorial Lodge	200 Woodlawn Street, Winnipeg	1931
Arts Building	173 Dafoe Road, Winnipeg	1931-1932
Dominion Post Office Building	287 Tache Avenue, Winnipeg	1934-1935
Dominion Post Office Building	584 Mountain Avenue, Winkler	1938
Dominion Post Office Building	578 St. Mary's Road, Winnipeg	1938
Air Observers School No. 5	Winnipeg	1940	Demolished (?)
Elementary Flying Training School No. 14 / Air Observers School No. 7	Southport, RM of Portage la Prairie	1940
Bombing and Gunnery School No. 7 Hangars	Paulson, RM of Dauphin	1940-1941	Demolished (?)
SFTS No. 33 Relief Field / Petrel Aerodrome	RM of North Cypress	1941
St. Matthew’s Anglican Church (restoration)	641 St. Matthews Avenue, Winnipeg	1945
Powers Substation	354 Powers Street, Winnipeg	1946	Demolished (1985)
Mall Medical Building	280 Memorial Boulevard, Winnipeg	1947	Demolished (2017)
RCAF Station Bird	Fox Lake Cree Nation	1956-1957
Manitoba Hydro-Electric Board Building	650 Harrow Street, Winnipeg	1957-1958

See also:

Memorable Manitobans: Ebenezer Claydon (1880-1954)

Sources:

“W. E. sub-station permit issued,” Winnipeg Free Press, 14 October 1946, page 5.

“Two-year dream nears reality,” Winnipeg Free Press, 4 March 1947, page 3.

We thank Jordan Makichuk for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 13 November 2023