Manitoba Business: Pratt and Ross

This Winnipeg-based architectural firm was founded in 1906 by partners Ralph Benjamin Pratt and Donald Aynsley Ross.

Some of its architectural works in Manitoba included:

Building

Location

Year

Status

Rosemount Apartments

351 River Avenue, Winnipeg

1906

 

Winnipeg Amphitheatre

49 Whitehall Avenue, Winnipeg

1908

 

Belgica Block

290 Garry Street, Winnipeg

1911

 

Winnipeg Electric Company Mill Substation and Steam Plant (addition)

41-55 Mill Street, Winnipeg

1911

Demolished (?)

Prince Edward Hotel

Princess Avenue, Brandon

1912

 

Winnipeg Electric Railway Building

213-219 Notre Dame Avenue, Winnipeg

1912-1913

 

Bank of British North America Building (addition)

436 Main Street, Winnipeg

1914

 

Scott Block (restoration)

272 Main Street, Winnipeg

1915

 

Bank of British North America Building

136 Fourth Street, Reston, RM of Pipestone

1917

 

Coca Cola Bottling Plant

20 Twelfth Street, Brandon

1919

Demolished (?)

Assiniboine School

175 Winston Road, Winnipeg

1922

 

Breen Motor Building

245 Main Street, Winnipeg

1922

 

Breen Motor Building (addition)

245 Main Street, Winnipeg

1925

 

Polo Park Racetrack

1485 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg

1925

Demolished (1957)

First Presbyterian Church

61 Picardy Place, Winnipeg

1927

 

Leonard and McLaughlin Garage and Auto Sales Building

541 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg

1927

 

Northern Electric Building

65 Rorie Street, Winnipeg

1928

 

Power Building

428 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg

1928

 

Fairhaven Apartments

536 Broadway, Winnipeg

1929

Demolished (?)

Royal York Apartments

461 Kennedy Street, Winnipeg

1929

 

Headingley Gaol

RM of Headingley

1929-1930

 

Sherbrook Pool

381 Sherbrook Street, Winnipeg

1931

 

Winnipeg Civic Auditorium

200 Vaughan Street, Winnipeg

1931-1932

 

Woodhaven School No. 2093 (foundation)

127 Glendale Boulevard, Winnipeg

1936

 

Winnipeg Electric Company Mill Substation and Steam Plant (addition)

55 Mill Street, Winnipeg

1937

Demolished (?)

See also:

Memorable Manitobans: Ralph Benjamin Pratt (1872-1950)

Memorable Manitobans: Donald Aynsley Ross (1877-1956)

Sources:

“Prospective Construction - Brandon, Man,” Manitoba Free Press, 28 March 1919, page 17.

“Cola Company start buildings,” Manitoba Free Press, 12 April 1919, page 31.

“Cola Cola’s new bottling plants,” Saskatoon Daily Star, 26 April 1919, page 22.

Henderson’s Winnipeg and Brandon Directories, Henderson Directories Limited, Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Libraries.

We thank Jordan Makichuk for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 6 March 2024