Memorable Manitobans: Henry William Greene (1884-1944)

Architect.

Born at the Straits Settlements (Singapore) on 17 January 1884, he moved to London, England before 1900. He emigrated to western Canada in 1901 and farmed for a time then came to Winnipeg and worked as a draftsman for two local architectural firms, Jordan & Over and J. D. Atchison & Company, opening his own architectural office in the McIntyre Block in March 1904.

On 13 April 1905, he married Gladys Joy Kempton (?-?) at Winnipeg and they had five children over the next 11 years, two being born in Manitoba and three in the United States. He moved to Hollywood, California in 1922 where he apparently continued to work as an architect.

He died at Los Angeles, California on 21 May 1944.

Some of his architectural works in Manitoba included:

Building	Location	Year	Status
St. Jude’s Anglican Church	780 Home Street, Winnipeg	1914	Demolished (?)
Radisson Apartments	486 Sherbrook Street, Winnipeg	1914	Destroyed by fire (2021)
East Selkirk School	East Selkirk, RM of St. Clements	c1914
Criterion Hotel (expansion)	214 McDermot Avenue, Winnipeg	1915
Clandeboye School No. 47	Clandeboye, RM of St. Andrews	1916	Demolished (?)
King George Fifth School	261 Youville Street, Winnipeg	1916
Foxwarren Consolidated School No. 525	Foxwarren, RM of Birtle	1917	Demolished (?)
Brunkild Consolidated School No. 1281	Brunkild, RM of Macdonald	1919-1920	Demolished (?)
Plum Coulee School No. 651	Plum Coulee, RM of Rhineland	1919	Demolished (?)
St. Michael and All Angels Anglican Church	300 Hugo Street North, Winnipeg	1920

Sources:

“City and general,” Manitoba Free Press, 25 March 1904, page 16.

Marriage registration, Manitoba Vital Statistics.

1916 Canada census, FamilySearch.

“Tenders for building,” Manitoba Free Press, 10 July 1917, page 10.

US Naturalization Records, Ancestry.

US Social Security Death Index, FamilySearch.

St. Michael and All Angels Anglican Church (300 Hugo Street North), City of Winnipeg Historical Buildings Committee, September 1989.

Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada, 1800-1950 by Robert G. Hill, Toronto.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 24 April 2022

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