Daniel Smith
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Architect, civil servant.
Born at Bristol, Quebec on 1 November 1840, he was educated at Ottawa, Ontario. In 1877, he joined the federal Department of Public Works where he was a draughtsman under architect Thomas S. Scott. In August 1882, he was transferred to Winnipeg to supervise Scott’s design for Government House.
He was appointed local Superintendent of Public Works for all of western Canada, responsible for the construction of all federal buildings from Port Arthur [Thunder Bay] to British Columbia. He retired in 1900 and took up private practice in Winnipeg specialising in industrial architecture. He formed a partnership with William Bruce in 1907 and, two years later, took on the added reponsibility of provincial factory inspector for the provincial government. He also served as President of the Winnipeg Industrial Exhibition and was a Winnipeg city alderman (1890-1891).
He and wife Bridget Mary Smith (1846-1919) had two children: Frank F. Smith (1876-?) and ? Smith (?-?, wife of E. L. Thomas).
He died at his Winnipeg home, 114 Balmoral Place, on 12 July 1913 and was buried in St. Mary’s Cemetery.
Some of his architectural works in Manitoba included:
Building
Location
Year
Status
Boyd Building (addition)
Spence Street at Portage Avenue, Winnipeg
1903
289 Chambers Street, Winnipeg
1903
Kilgour-Rimer Block (addition)
Bannatyne Avenue at Princess Street, Winnipeg
1903
151 Higgins Avenue, Winnipeg
1903
Destroyed by fire (2004)
Strang Liquor Warehouse
Fort Street, Winnipeg
1903
Winnipeg Brewery Malthouse
Colony street south of Broadway, Winnipeg
1903
Consolidated Stationery Warehouse (addition)
104-108 Princess Street, Winnipeg
1904
844-852 Main Street, Winnipeg
1904
Czerwinski Box Factory
Logan Avenue, Winnipeg
1904
662-664 Main Street, Winnipeg
1906
Canada Paint Company Factory and Grain Elevator
Sutherland Avenue, Winnipeg
1906
43-49 Westbrook Street, Winnipeg
1906
Demolished (1993)
Dunlop House (addition)
Young Street, Winnipeg
1906
Florence Block (renovations)
826 Main Street, Winnipeg
1906
Smart Bag Company Building (addition)
145 Pacific Avenue, Winnipeg
1906
Strang House
Edmonton Street, Winnipeg
1906
Misericordia Hospital (expansion)
20 Sherbrook Street, Winnipeg
1906-1907
287 Garry Street, Winnipeg
1906-1907
800-806 Main Street, Winnipeg
1907
Destroyed by fire (2021)
Northern Hotel (addition)
826 Main Street, Winnipeg
1907
Fire Hall No. 2 (addition)
Smith Street, Winnipeg
1907-1908
Demolished (1941)
133 Sherbrook Street, Winnipeg
1910
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: MacKinnon House (114 Balmoral Street, Winnipeg)
“Apartment buildings and hotels,” Manitoba Free Press, 21 November 1907, page 28.
“Winnipeg’s big building development during 1908,” Winnipeg Tribune, 19 December 1908, page 31.
1911 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.
Death registration [Daniel Smith], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“Daniel Smith dead,” Manitoba Free Press, 14 July 1913, page 16.
“Daniel Smith died today after short illness,” Winnipeg Tribune, 12 July 1913, page 1.
Obituary [Mrs. D. Smith], Winnipeg Tribune, 28 April 1919, page 5.
Daniel Smith, Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada, 1800-1950.
We thank Grace Jacobs, George Penner, Nathan Kramer, and Jordan Makichuk for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 7 September 2024
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