Manitoba Business: Malcom Construction

This Winnipeg-based firm operated as Malcom Brothers before being incorporated in 1918 with David Malcom as its primary executive. It was later operated by his eldest son, Wilbert Guy “Bert” Malcom and after 1974 by his grandson, David “Bud” Malcom (1929-1999).

Some of its construction works in Manitoba included:

Building

Location

Year

Status

Augustine Presbyterian Church

444 River Avenue, Winnipeg

1903-1910

 

Euclid Block

873-879 Main Street, Winnipeg

1904

 

MacDonald House

26-30 Avonherst Street, Winnipeg

1905

 

Bradburn House (Hector Halbertram Bradburn)

662 Wellington Crescent, Winnipeg

1906

Demolished (?)

Stobart Building (expansion)

275-281 McDermot Avenue, Winnipeg

1907

 

Wilmot Block

600 Young Street, Winnipeg

1908

 

Maw Block (renovation)

280 William Avenue, Winnipeg

1924

 

Souris Telephone Exchange Building

27 Crescent Avenue West, Souris

1928

 

Glenwood School (expansion)

51 Blenheim Avenue, Winnipeg

1928-1929

 

Union Bank Building (alterations)

588 Sargent Avenue, Winnipeg

1929

Demolished (?)

Winnipeg Hydro Substation No. 5 (addition)

Scotland Avenue, Winnipeg

1930

 

Clarendon Block (renovations)

307-311 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg

1935

Demolished (2012)

Greig House (Mrs. Jennie Greig) (renovations)

116 Norquay Street, Winnipeg

1935

Demolished (?)

Safeway Store

1784 Logan Avenue, Winnipeg

1936

 

Safeway Store

87 Isabel Street, Winnipeg

1936

 

Security Storage Warehouse (alterations)

583 Ellice Avenue, Winnipeg

1939

 

R. W. Bobby Bend School

Second Avenue North, Stonewall

1956

 

International Business Machines Building

373 Broadway, Winnipeg

1960

 

International Business Machines Building (expansion)

373 Broadway, Winnipeg

1963

 

John Deere Building (renovations)

501 Rosser Avenue, Brandon

1964

 

Kildonan Park Pavilion

Kildonan Park, Winnipeg

1965-1966

 

Arborg Elementary School

251 David Street, Arborg

1967

 

Army Navy and Air Force Veterans Building (addition)

279-281 Garry Street, Winnipeg

1972-1973

 

See also:

Memorable Manitobans: David Malcom (1871-1935)

Memorable Manitobans: Wilbert Guy “Bert” Malcom (1895-1980)

Sources:

City of Winnipeg Building Permit 336/1906 [Bradburn House], City of Winnipeg Archives.

“Permits pass the nine million mark,” Manitoba Free Press, 13 July 1911, page 3.

“Building permits $1,250,000 ahead of last year,” Manitoba Free Press, 24 August 1929, page 16.

Obituary [Wilbert Guy Malcom], Winnipeg Free Press, 13 September 1980, page 110.

We thank Jordan Makichuk and Nathan Kramer for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 23 March 2024