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
Work Samples
Building |
Location |
Year |
Status |
Marion School |
619 Des Meurons Street, Winnipeg |
1950 |
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Rainbow Stage |
Kildonan Park, Winnipeg |
1951-1952 |
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Woodlawn School (expansion) |
1186 St. Mary’s Road, Winnipeg |
1951 |
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Varennes School |
22 Varennes Avenue, Winnipeg |
1951-1952 |
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Windsor School (restoration and underpinning) |
80 Cunnington Avenue, Winnipeg |
1952 |
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Kirkfield Park School |
615 School Road, Winnipeg |
1953 |
Demolished (1993) |
Angus McKay School |
850 Woodvale Street, Winnipeg |
1953 |
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Glenlawn Collegiate (expansion) |
770 St. Mary’s Road, Winnipeg |
1954 |
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George Fitton School |
1129 Third Street, Brandon |
1954 |
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Windsor School (renovations) |
80 Cunnington Avenue, Winnipeg |
1954 |
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Winkler School (expansion) |
Winkler |
1954 |
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Glenwood School (expansion) |
51 Blenheim Avenue, Winnipeg |
1954 |
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Fort la Reine School |
13th Street NW, Portage la Prairie |
1954-1955 |
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North Memorial School |
410 Sixth Avenue NW, Portage la Prairie |
1954-1955 |
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St. George School |
151 St. George Road, Winnipeg |
1954-1955 |
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Flin Flon Junior High School |
Hudson Street, Flin Flon |
1954-1955 |
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Hartney School |
209 Airdrie Street, Hartney |
1954-1955 |
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Liquor Control Commission Building (five-storey warehouse addition) |
85 Adelaide Street, Winnipeg |
1954-1955 |
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Smith-Jackson School (auditorium addition) |
701 First Street SE, Dauphin |
1954 |
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Central Mortage and Housing Building |
870 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg |
1954 |
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Archwood School (four-classroom addition) |
800 Archibald Street, Winnipeg |
1954-1955 |
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Kirkfield Park School (four-classroom addition) |
615 School Road, Winnipeg |
1955 |
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Sixteen-classroom school with Assembly Room, General Shop, and Home Economics Room |
Portage la Prairie |
1955 |
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St. Charles School (four-classroom addition) |
77 Dundurand Avenue, Winnipeg |
1955 |
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Stony Mountain School |
Stony Mountain |
1955 |
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Twelve-classroom school and auditorium |
Altona |
1955 |
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Steinbach Fire Hall |
Steinbach |
1955 |
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R. W. Bobby Bend School |
Second Avenue North, Stonewall |
1955-1956 |
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Norwood Collegiate |
188 St. Mary’s Road, Winnipeg |
1955-1956 |
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Provincial Exhibition Swine Barn |
Brandon |
1956 |
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Earl Oxford School (addition) |
540 Eighteenth Street, Brandon |
1956 |
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Neelin High School |
1020 Brandon Avenue, Brandon |
1956 |
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Dominion City School |
Dominion City |
1956 |
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Safeway Store |
Corydon and Lanark, Winnipeg |
1956 |
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Sherwood School |
509 Grey Street, Winnipeg |
1956-1957 |
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Woodhaven School |
127 Glendale Boulevard, Winnipeg |
1956-1957 |
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Portage Collegiate Institute (four-classroom addition) |
Saskatchewan Avenue West, Portage la Prairie |
1957 |
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Victoria School (eight-classroom addition) |
32 Fifth Street SE, Portage la Prairie |
1957 |
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Liquor Control Commission Building |
Virden |
1957 |
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Deer Lodge Junior High School |
1970 Ness Avenue, Winnipeg |
1957 |
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Liquor Control Commission Building |
Transcona |
1957 |
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Tuxedo Park School (addition) |
2300 Corydon Avenue, Winnipeg |
1957 |
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Liquor Control Commission Building |
Dauphin |
1957 |
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Garson School |
Garson |
1957 |
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Kane School |
Kane, RM of Morris |
1957 |
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Rae & Jerry's Steakhouse |
1405 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg |
1957 |
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John Black Memorial United Church |
898 Henderson Highway, Winnipeg |
1957 |
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Neepawa Collegiate |
445 Hospital Street, Neepawa |
1957-1958 |
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Angus McKay School (five-classroom addition) |
850 Woodvale Street, Winnipeg |
1957-1958 |
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Munroe Junior High School |
405 Munroe Avenue, Winnipeg |
1958 |
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Jameswood School |
1 Braintree Crescent, Winnipeg |
1958 |
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Silver Heights Collegiate (expansion) |
350 Lodge Avenue, Winnipeg |
1957-1958 |
Demolished (c2009) |
Virden Community Club Skating Rink |
Virden |
1958 |
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John A. Russell Building |
84 Curry Place, Winnipeg |
1958-1959 |
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Pilot Mound School |
Pilot Mound |
1958 |
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Fort la Reine School (addition) |
13th Street NW, Portage la Prairie |
1959 |
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Varennes School (addition) |
22 Varennes Avenue, Winnipeg |
1959 |
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Norberry School (addition) |
900 St. Mary’s Road, Winnipeg |
1959 |
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Imperial Bank Building |
Portage la Prairie |
1959 |
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Tuxedo Park School (addition) |
2300 Corydon Avenue, Winnipeg |
1959 |
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Treherne School (eight classrooms) |
Treherne |
1959 |
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Tuxedo Community Centre |
Cuthbertson at Tuxedo Boulevard, Tuxedo |
1959 |
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Emerson School |
Emerson |
1959 |
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Gretna School |
Gretna |
1959 |
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McKeag Building |
Portage Avenue at Spruce Street, Winnipeg |
1959 |
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McLeod School |
530 McLeod Avenue, Winnipeg |
1959 |
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Morse Place Junior High School |
795 Prince Rupert Avenue, Winnipeg |
1959 |
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Manitoba Home for Girls |
290 Drury Avenue, West St. Paul |
1959 |
Demolished (2004-2010) |
Westworth United Church |
1750 Grosvenor Avenue, Winnipeg |
1959 |
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St. James Collegiate (addition) |
1900 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg |
1959 |
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Stonewall Hospital (addition) |
Stonewall |
1959 |
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Golden Gate School |
330 Bruce Avenue, Winnipeg |
1959 |
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Charleswood Collegiate (expansion) |
505 Oakdale Drive, Winnipeg |
1960 |
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Angus McKay School (expansion) |
850 Woodvale Street, Winnipeg |
1960 |
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Neil Campbell School (expansion) |
845 Golspie Street, Winnipeg |
1960 |
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Hampstead School |
920 Hampstead Avenue, Winnipeg |
1960 |
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Deer Lodge Junior High School (expansion) |
1970 Ness Avenue, Winnipeg |
1960 |
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Golden Gate School (expansion) |
330 Bruce Avenue, Winnipeg |
1960 |
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Harrison High School |
415 Queens Avenue, Brandon |
1960 |
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Oakville School |
Oakville, RM of Portage la Prairie |
1960 |
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Vincent Massey Collegiate |
975 Dowker Avenue, Winnipeg |
1960 |
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Monarch Life Building |
333 Broadway, Winnipeg |
1960-1961 |
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St. John’s Ravenscourt School (expansion) |
400 South Drive, Winnipeg |
1960 |
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St. James YMCA Building (swimming pool) |
St. James |
1960 |
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Liquor Control Commission Building |
Thompson |
1960 |
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Liquor Control Commission Building |
Morris |
1960 |
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East Kildonan Senior Citizens Building |
Winnipeg |
1960 |
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Manitoba Telephone System Administration Building |
489 Empress Street, Winnipeg |
1960-1962 |
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Animal Science Building |
Fort Garry Campus, University of Manitoba |
1960-1962 |
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Linwood School (auditorium) |
266 Linwood Street, Winnipeg |
1960-1961 |
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Britannia School (classrooms and auditorium) |
361 Hampton Street, Winnipeg |
1960-1961 |
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Pembina Crest School (expansion) |
1551 Pembina Highway, Winnipeg |
1961 |
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Oak Lake Collegiate |
2nd Avenue East, Oak Lake, RM of Sifton |
1961 |
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Teulon Collegiate |
59 First Street NE, Teulon |
1961 |
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La Verendrye School |
500 Seventh Street NW, Portage la Prairie |
1961-1962 |
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Medical Arts Parkade |
218 Edmonton Street, Winnipeg |
1961-1962 |
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Queen Elizabeth School |
363 Enfield Crescent, Winnipeg |
1962 |
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Thunderbird Bowl |
149 Tenth Street, Brandon |
1962 |
Closed (2001) |
Centennial Concert Hall |
555 Main Street, Winnipeg |
1965-1968 |
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Pan-Am Pool |
25 Poseidon Bay, Winnipeg |
1966 |
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Grace General Hospital |
300 Booth Drive, Winnipeg |
1966-1967 |
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Richardson Building |
1 Lombard Place, Winnipeg |
1966-1969 |
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Transcona Public Safety Building |
730 Pandora Avenue West, Winnipeg |
1967-1968 |
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Prince Charles School |
Third Street Southwest, Portage la Prairie |
1969 |
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Concordia General Hospital |
1095 Concordia Avenue, Winnipeg |
1971-1974 |
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Our Lady of the Prairies Trappist Monastery |
RM of Victoria |
1975-1978 |
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General Wolfe School |
661 Banning Street, Winnipeg |
1976-1977 |
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Great West Life Building |
100 Osborne Street North, Winnipeg |
1979 |
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Trizec Building |
Winnipeg |
1980 |
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Greyhound Bus Depot |
121-141 Sixth Street, Brandon |
1981-1982 |
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Deer Lodge Centre (redevelopment) |
Winnipeg |
1983 |
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St. Boniface Hospital Research Centre |
Winnipeg |
? |
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Air Canada Building |
Winnipeg |
1985 |
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John Buhler Research Centre |
Winnipeg |
1992 |
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Winnipeg Blood Centre |
Winnipeg |
1999 |
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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.
“New Safeway store opens at Corydon and Lanark,” Winnipeg Free Press, 16 July 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.
“Work gets underway on new city alleys,” Brandon Sun, 25 April 1962, page 1.
“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: 5 November 2023
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