Memorable Manitobans: Daniel Smith (1840-1913)

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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

 

Canadian Moline Plow Warehouse

289 Chambers Street, Winnipeg

1903

 

Kilgour-Rimer Block (addition)

Bannatyne Avenue at Princess Street, Winnipeg

1903

 

Manitoba Cold Storage Warehouse

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

 

Crump Block

844-852 Main Street, Winnipeg

1904

 

Czerwinski Box Factory

Logan Avenue, Winnipeg

1904

 

Bell Hotel

662-664 Main Street, Winnipeg

1906

 

Canada Paint Company Factory and Grain Elevator

Sutherland Avenue, Winnipeg

1906

 

Codville-Georgeson Building

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

 

Mount Royal Hotel

287 Garry Street, Winnipeg

1906-1907

 

Beveridge Block

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)

Melbourne Apartments

133 Sherbrook Street, Winnipeg

1910

 

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: MacKinnon House (114 Balmoral Street, Winnipeg)

Sources:

“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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