Manitoba Business: Pratt Lindgren and Associates / Pratt Lindgren Snider Tomcej and Associates

This Winnipeg-based architectural firm was founded in 1954 by architects Kenneth Reginald Dixon Pratt and Stewart Eric Lindgren. Known initially as Pratt Lindgren and Associates, architects Kenneth Robert Snider and Alexander Tomcej became partners in 1965 and the name expanded to Pratt Lindgren Snider Tomcej and Associates.

Some of the firm's architectural works in Manitoba included:

Building	Location	Year	Status
Downtowner Motel	330 Kennedy Street, Winnipeg	1958-1959
Teulon School	20 Beach Road, Teulon	1959-1960
St. Vital Municipal Office and Hall	604 St. Mary's Road, Winnipeg	1959-1960
Crestview School	333 Morgan Crescent, Winnipeg	1961-1962
Grand Rapids School No. 1660	Grand Rapids	1961-1962
Windsor Park United Church	1062 Autumnwood Drive, Winnipeg	1962
Buchanan School	815 Buchanan Boulevard, Winnipeg	1962-1963
Robert Browning School	130 Browning Boulevard, Winnipeg	1962-1963
Dakota Collegiate	661 Dakota Street, Winnipeg	1962-1963
Senior Citizens Home	Roblin, Municipality of Roblin	1963
Leslie Park	Thatcher Drive, Winnipeg	1963-1965
Steinbach Hospital	Steinbach	1963-1964
Bethel Hospital	Winkler	1963-1964
St. Alphonse School No. 2371	St. Alphonse	1963-1964
Ness Junior High School	3300 Ness Avenue, Winnipeg	1964-1965
St. Avila School	633 Patricia Avenue, Winnipeg	1964-1965
Sansome School	181 Sansome Avenue, Winnipeg	1964-1965
Virden Junior High School	447 Princess Street West, Virden	1964-1965
Imperial Oil Service Centre	445 River Avenue, Winnipeg	1966
Allard School	130 Allard Avenue, Winnipeg	1966-1967
Heritage School	47 Heritage Boulevard, Winnipeg	1966-1967
Arthur Oliver School	647 School Road, Winnipeg	1967-1968	Demolished (?)
Bedson School	250 Bedson Street, Winnipeg	1967-1968
Tuxedo-Shaftesbury High School	2240 Grant Avenue, Winnipeg	1967-1968
Voyageur School	37 Voyageur Street, Winnipeg	1967-1968
Assiniboia Christian Centre	3390 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg	1968
Hedges Junior High School	369 Fairlane Avenue, Winnipeg	1968-1969
Beaumont School (addition)	5880 Betsworth Avenue, Winnipeg	1968
Westgrove School	50 Westgrove Way, Winnipeg	1969-1970
Assiniboine Park Conservatory	15 Conservatory Drive, Winnipeg	1969-1970	Demolished (2018)
Manitoba Youth Centre	170 Doncaster Street, Winnipeg	1969-1970
Pembina Crest School (addition)	1551 Pembina Hwy, Winnipeg	1971
Nordale School (addition)	99 Birchdale Avenue, Winnipeg	1971
Laidlaw School (addition)	515 Laidlaw Boulevard, Winnipeg	1971
Ryerson School	10 Ryerson Avenue, Winnipeg	1971-1972
St. James-Assiniboia School Division Office	2574 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg	1974
Alexander Ross School	242 Stradford Street, Winnipeg	1975-1976
Dr. D. W. Penner School	121 Hazelwood Crescent, Winnipeg	1975-1976
St. George's Anglican Church	321 Pandora Avenue West, Winnipeg	?
Varennes School (expansion)	22 Varennes Avenue, Winnipeg	1977

See also:

Memorable Manitobans: Kenneth Reginald Dixon Pratt (1926-1980)

Memorable Manitobans: Stewart Eric Lindgren (1920-1994)

Memorable Manitobans: Kenneth Robert Snider (1928-2017)

Memorable Manitobans: Alexander “Al” Tomcej (1927-2015)

Memorable Manitobans: John Mahan “Joe” Venables (1936-1998)

Sources:

“Tenders, 11 classroom school for Grand Rapids School District No. 1660, Grand Rapids, Manitoba,” Winnipeg Tribune, 10 June 1961, page 72.

“Business world,” Winnipeg Tribune, 5 January 1963, page 24.

“Jottings from the business world,” Winnipeg Tribune, 11 May 1963, page 12.

“Tenders, 57 bed Bethel Hospital, Winkler Hospital District No. 23,” Winnipeg Tribune, 16 November 1963, page 42.

We thank Nathan Kramer for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 1 November 2022