Manitoba Business: Smith Carter and Katelnikoff / Smith Carter Architects and Engineers / Architecture49

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In 1947, this architectural firm was founded by Ernest John Smith, Dennis H. Carter, and Walter L. Katelnikoff. Based in Winnipeg, at one time it operated satellite offices at Brandon, Thunder Bay (Ontario), Toronto (Ontario), and Los Angeles (California). The firm was responsible for the design and construction of many prominent buildings around Manitoba, some of which are listed below.

In 2012, the company was acquired by the Montreal-based Genivar Incorporated.

Firm Names

Period	Firm Name
1947-1950	Smith Carter and Katelnikoff
1950-1954	Smith Munn Carter and Katelnikoff
1954-1959	Smith Carter and Katelnikoff
1959-1969	Smith Carter Searle and Associates
1969-1971	Smith Carter Parkin
1971-1986	Smith Carter Partners
1986-2014	Smith Carter Architects and Engineers
2014-present	Architecture49

Office Locations

Period	Office Location
1947-1950	289½ Garry Street, Winnipeg
1950-1954	408-257 Smith Street (Tribune Building), Winnipeg
1954-1956	804-173 Portage Avenue East (Trust and Loan Building), Winnipeg
1956-1961	65 Dewdney Avenue, Winnipeg
c1960	244 Tenth Street, Brandon
1961-1978	1190 Waverley Street, Winnipeg
1978-2004	1601 Buffalo Place, Winnipeg
2004-present	1600 Buffalo Place, Winnipeg

Architects / Engineers

Architect / Engineer	Period
Ian McKenzie Brown (1928-1974)	?-?
Dennis H. Carter (1920-2012)	1947-?
Walter L. Katelnikoff (1918-1974)	1947-1959
Ewart Fitz Munn (1885-1968)	1950-1954
Jim Orzechowski (1944-2003)	1974-2003
James Elmhurst “Jim” Searle (1929-2020)	1959-1969
Ernest John Smith (1919-2004)	1947-1985

Work Samples

Building	Location	Year	Status
Marion School	619 Des Meurons Street, Winnipeg	1950
Rainbow Stage	Kildonan Park, Winnipeg	1951-1952
Woodlawn School (expansion)	1186 St. Mary’s Road, Winnipeg	1951
Varennes School	22 Varennes Avenue, Winnipeg	1951-1952
Windsor School (restoration and underpinning)	80 Cunnington Avenue, Winnipeg	1952
Kirkfield Park School	615 School Road, Winnipeg	1953	Demolished (1993)
Angus McKay School	850 Woodvale Street, Winnipeg	1953
Glenlawn Collegiate (expansion)	770 St. Mary’s Road, Winnipeg	1954
George Fitton School	1129 Third Street, Brandon	1954
Windsor School (renovations)	80 Cunnington Avenue, Winnipeg	1954
Winkler School (expansion)	Winkler	1954
Glenwood School (expansion)	51 Blenheim Avenue, Winnipeg	1954
Fort la Reine School	13th Street NW, Portage la Prairie	1954-1955
North Memorial School	410 Sixth Avenue NW, Portage la Prairie	1954-1955
St. George School	151 St. George Road, Winnipeg	1954-1955
Flin Flon Junior High School	Hudson Street, Flin Flon	1954-1955
Hartney School	209 Airdrie Street, Hartney	1954-1955
Liquor Control Commission Building (five-storey warehouse addition)	85 Adelaide Street, Winnipeg	1954-1955
Smith-Jackson School (auditorium addition)	701 First Street SE, Dauphin	1954
Central Mortage and Housing Building	870 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg	1954
Archwood School (four-classroom addition)	800 Archibald Street, Winnipeg	1954-1955
Kirkfield Park School (four-classroom addition)	615 School Road, Winnipeg	1955
Sixteen-classroom school with Assembly Room, General Shop, and Home Economics Room	Portage la Prairie	1955
St. Charles School (four-classroom addition)	77 Dundurand Avenue, Winnipeg	1955
Stony Mountain School	Stony Mountain	1955
Twelve-classroom school and auditorium	Altona	1955
Steinbach Fire Hall	Steinbach	1955
R. W. Bobby Bend School	Second Avenue North, Stonewall	1955-1956
Norwood Collegiate	188 St. Mary’s Road, Winnipeg	1955-1956
Provincial Exhibition Swine Barn	Brandon	1956
Earl Oxford School (addition)	540 Eighteenth Street, Brandon	1956
Neelin High School	1020 Brandon Avenue, Brandon	1956
Dominion City School	Dominion City	1956
Sherwood School	509 Grey Street, Winnipeg	1956-1957
Woodhaven School	127 Glendale Boulevard, Winnipeg	1956-1957
Portage Collegiate Institute (four-classroom addition)	Saskatchewan Avenue West, Portage la Prairie	1957
Victoria School (eight-classroom addition)	32 Fifth Street SE, Portage la Prairie	1957
Liquor Control Commission Building	Virden	1957
Deer Lodge Junior High School	1970 Ness Avenue, Winnipeg	1957
Liquor Control Commission Building	Transcona	1957
Tuxedo Park School (addition)	2300 Corydon Avenue, Winnipeg	1957
Liquor Control Commission Building	Dauphin	1957
Garson School	Garson	1957
Kane School	Kane, RM of Morris	1957
Rae & Jerry's Steakhouse	1405 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg	1957
John Black Memorial United Church	898 Henderson Highway, Winnipeg	1957
Neepawa Collegiate	445 Hospital Street, Neepawa	1957-1958
Angus McKay School (five-classroom addition)	850 Woodvale Street, Winnipeg	1957-1958
Munroe Junior High School	405 Munroe Avenue, Winnipeg	1958
Jameswood School	1 Braintree Crescent, Winnipeg	1958
Silver Heights Collegiate (expansion)	350 Lodge Avenue, Winnipeg	1957-1958	Demolished (c2009)
Virden Community Club Skating Rink	Virden	1958
John A. Russell Building	84 Curry Place, Winnipeg	1958-1959
Pilot Mound School	Pilot Mound	1958
Fort la Reine School (addition)	13th Street NW, Portage la Prairie	1959
Varennes School (addition)	22 Varennes Avenue, Winnipeg	1959
Norberry School (addition)	900 St. Mary’s Road, Winnipeg	1959
Imperial Bank Building	Portage la Prairie	1959
Tuxedo Park School (addition)	2300 Corydon Avenue, Winnipeg	1959
Treherne School (eight classrooms)	Treherne	1959
Tuxedo Community Centre	Cuthbertson at Tuxedo Boulevard, Tuxedo	1959
Emerson School	Emerson	1959
Gretna School	Gretna	1959
McKeag Building	Portage Avenue at Spruce Street, Winnipeg	1959
McLeod School	530 McLeod Avenue, Winnipeg	1959
Morse Place Junior High School	795 Prince Rupert Avenue, Winnipeg	1959
Manitoba Home for Girls	290 Drury Avenue, West St. Paul	1959	Demolished (2004-2010)
Westworth United Church	1750 Grosvenor Avenue, Winnipeg	1959
St. James Collegiate (addition)	1900 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg	1959
Stonewall Hospital (addition)	Stonewall	1959
Golden Gate School	330 Bruce Avenue, Winnipeg	1959
Charleswood Collegiate (expansion)	505 Oakdale Drive, Winnipeg	1960
Angus McKay School (expansion)	850 Woodvale Street, Winnipeg	1960
Neil Campbell School (expansion)	845 Golspie Street, Winnipeg	1960
Hampstead School	920 Hampstead Avenue, Winnipeg	1960
Deer Lodge Junior High School (expansion)	1970 Ness Avenue, Winnipeg	1960
Golden Gate School (expansion)	330 Bruce Avenue, Winnipeg	1960
Harrison High School	415 Queens Avenue, Brandon	1960
Oakville School	Oakville, RM of Portage la Prairie	1960
Vincent Massey Collegiate	975 Dowker Avenue, Winnipeg	1960
Monarch Life Building	333 Broadway, Winnipeg	1960-1961
St. John’s Ravenscourt School (expansion)	400 South Drive, Winnipeg	1960
St. James YMCA Building (swimming pool)	St. James	1960
Liquor Control Commission Building	Thompson	1960
Liquor Control Commission Building	Morris	1960
East Kildonan Senior Citizens Building	Winnipeg	1960
Manitoba Telephone System Administration Building	489 Empress Street, Winnipeg	1960-1962
Animal Science Building	Fort Garry Campus, University of Manitoba	1960-1962
Linwood School (auditorium)	266 Linwood Street, Winnipeg	1960-1961
Britannia School (classrooms and auditorium)	361 Hampton Street, Winnipeg	1960-1961
Pembina Crest School (expansion)	1551 Pembina Highway, Winnipeg	1961
Oak Lake Collegiate	2nd Avenue East, Oak Lake, RM of Sifton	1961
Teulon Collegiate	59 First Street NE, Teulon	1961
La Verendrye School	500 Seventh Street NW, Portage la Prairie	1961-1962
Medical Arts Parkade	218 Edmonton Street, Winnipeg	1961-1962
Queen Elizabeth School	363 Enfield Crescent, Winnipeg	1962
Centennial Concert Hall	555 Main Street, Winnipeg	1965-1968
Pan-Am Pool	25 Poseidon Bay, Winnipeg	1966
Grace General Hospital	300 Booth Drive, Winnipeg	1966-1967
Richardson Building	1 Lombard Place, Winnipeg	1966-1969
Transcona Public Safety Building	730 Pandora Avenue West, Winnipeg	1967-1968
Prince Charles School	Third Street Southwest, Portage la Prairie	1969
Concordia General Hospital	1095 Concordia Avenue, Winnipeg	1971-1974
Our Lady of the Prairies Trappist Monastery	RM of Victoria	1975-1978
General Wolfe School	661 Banning Street, Winnipeg	1976-1977
Great West Life Building	100 Osborne Street North, Winnipeg	1979
Trizec Building	Winnipeg	1980
Deer Lodge Centre (redevelopment)	Winnipeg	1983
St. Boniface Hospital Research Centre	Winnipeg	?
Air Canada Building	Winnipeg	1985
John Buhler Research Centre	Winnipeg	1992
Winnipeg Blood Centre	Winnipeg	1999

Notable designs outside Manitoba included Place d’Accuiel Expo 67 in Montreal, the Canadian Chancery Building in Warsaw, Kermanshah Technical Training Centre in Iran, and the Canadian Embassy Building in Moscow.

Sources:

“Smith Carter Katelnikoff Architects,” Winnipeg Free Press, 24 January 1948, page 7.

“Tender [Varennes School, Woodlawn School],” Winnipeg Tribune, 20 June 1951, page 26.

“Tenders wanted [Windsor School, underpinning],” Winnipeg Free Press, 10 May 1952, page 36.

“Tenders wanted [Windsor School, restoration],” Winnipeg Free Press, 10 May 1952, page 36.

“Notice of tender [Fort la Reine School, North Memorial School],” Winnipeg Free Press, 12 May 1954, page 41.

“Notice of tender [Flin Flon Junior High School],” Winnipeg Free Press, 20 May 1954, page 43.

“Notice of tender [Hartney School],” Winnipeg Tribune, 28 May 1954, page 34.

“Notice of tender [Government Liquor Control Commission],” Winnipeg Tribune, 9 June 1954, page 33.

“Notice of tender [Central Mortgage & Housing Corporation],” Winnipeg Free Press, 30 July 1954, page 31.

“Notice of tender [Archwood School],” Winnipeg Free Press, 1 October 1954, page 37.

“Notice of tender [Kirkfield Park School],” Winnipeg Tribune, 5 February 1955, page 32.

“Tender notice [Sixteen-classroom school at Portage la Prairie],” Winnipeg Free Press, 13 June 1955, page 33.

“Tender notice [Four-classroom addition to St. Charles School],” Winnipeg Tribune, 20 June 1955, page 28.

“Tender notice [Stony Mountain School],” Winnipeg Tribune, 23 June 1955, page 26.

“Tender notice [Twelve-classroom school at Altona],” Winnipeg Tribune, 15 July 1955, page 26.

“Tender notice [Steinbach Fire Hall],” Winnipeg Free Press, 25 August 1955, page 44.

“Tender notice [Stonewall School],” Winnipeg Tribune, 30 August 1955, page 28.

“Tender notice [Norwood Collegiate Institute],” Winnipeg Free Press, 20 October 1955, page 38.

“Tenders wanted [Provincial Exhibition Swine Barn],” Winnipeg Free Press, 27 February 1956, page 17.

“School tender notice [Earl Oxford School, Brandon Composite High School],” Winnipeg Tribune, 5 March 1956, page 18.

“School tender notice [Dominion City School],” Winnipeg Free Press, 7 March 1956, page 24.

“School tender notice [Woodhaven Elementary School,” Winnipeg Free Press, 12 June 1956, page 23.

“School tenders notice [Eight-classroom school on Grey Street],” Winnipeg Tribune, 5 December 1956, page 33.

“School addition tender notice [Portage la Prairie Collegiate, Victoria School],” Winnipeg Free Press, 25 January 1957, page 17.

“Building tender notice [Liquor Control Commission Building],” Winnipeg Free Press, 7 March 1957, page 38.

“School tender notice [Deer Lodge Junior High School],” Winnipeg Free Press, 28 March 1957, page 37.

“Building tender notice [Liquor Control Commission Building],” Winnipeg Free Press, 27 April 1957, page 29.

“The School District of Tuxedo No. 1709 [tender notice],” Winnipeg Free Press, 17 May 1957, page 48.

“Building tender notice [Liquor Control Commission Building],” Winnipeg Free Press, 20 May 1957, page 28.

“Tender notice [Garson School],” Winnipeg Free Press, 30 May 1957, page 39.

“Tender notice [Kane School],” Winnipeg Free Press, 7 June 1957, page 38.

“Neepawa Collegiate [tender notice],” Winnipeg Free Press, 23 September 1957, page 33.

“Tender notice [Virden Community Club Skating Rink],” Winnipeg Free Press, 30 May 1958, page 43.

“Notice of tender [Pilot Mound School],” Winnipeg Free Press, 27 June 1958, page 38.

“School tender notice [Salisbury Junior High School],” Winnipeg Free Press, 11 December 1958, page 48.

“Tender notice [Fort la Reine School addition],” Winnipeg Tribune, 11 April 1959, page 68.

“Tender notice [additions to Varennes School and Norberry School],” Winnipeg Tribune, 20 April 1959, page 26.

“Tender notice [Tuxedo School addition],” Winnipeg Tribune, 11 May 1959, page 22.

“Tender notice [Treherne School],” Winnipeg Free Press, 28 May 1959, page 49.

“Tender notice [Tuxedo Community Centre],” Winnipeg Tribune, 12 June 1959, page 13.

“Tender notice [Emerson School],” Winnipeg Free Press, 3 July 1959, page 32.

“Tender notice [Gretna School],” Winnipeg Free Press, 8 July 1959, page 43.

“Tender notice [Stonewall Hospital addition],” Winnipeg Tribune, 27 August 1959, page 41.

“Tender notice [Charleswood Collegiate addition],” Winnipeg Tribune, 29 January 1960, page 34.

“Tender notice [Angus McKay School addition, Hampstead School],” Winnipeg Tribune, 12 February 1960, page 34.

“Tender notice [Deer Lodge Junior High School addition, Goldengate School addition],” Winnipeg Tribune, 27 February 1960, page 38.

“Tenders [Harrison High School],” Winnipeg Free Press, 23 March 1960, page 43.

“Tenders [Oakville School],” Winnipeg Tribune, 22 April 1960, page 27.

“Tender notice [St. John’s Ravenscourt School lower school accommodation, new science wing],” Winnipeg Tribune, 6 May 1960, page 35.

“Tender notice [Thompson Liquor Control Commission Building],” Winnipeg Free Press, 10 June 1960, page 19.

“Tender notice [Morris Liquor Control Commission Building],” Winnipeg Free Press, 15 July 1960, page 37.

“Notice of tender [Animal Science Building],” Winnipeg Free Press, 16 September 1960, page 53.

“Tender notice [East Kildonan Senior Citizens Building],” Winnipeg Free Press, 30 September 1960, page 41.

“Tenders [Manitoba Telephone System Administration Building],” Winnipeg Free Press, 14 October 1960, page 54.

“Tender notice [Linwood School addition, Britannia School addition],” Winnipeg Free Press, 3 December 1960, page 56.

[advertisement of new head office building], Winnipeg Tribune, 28 October 1961, page 40.

“Medical Arts Parking,”Winnipeg Tribune, 13 January 1962, page 51.

“Merger may bring expansion here,” Winnipeg Free Press, 11 March 1969, page 47.

[advertisement of name change], Winnipeg Free Press, 29 October 1971, page 11.

“We've had designs on Winnipeg's skyline for 40 years,” Winnipeg Free Press, 2 December 1986, pages 12-13.

“Genivar acquires Smith Carter Architects and Engineers,” Winnipeg Free Press, 15 March 2012.

Our History, Smith Carter Architects and Engineers, Internet Archive, 6 April 2014.

Smith Carter, Winnipeg Architecture Foundation.

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

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 11 March 2023