This three-storey brick and stone building on the Fort Garry Campus of the University of Manitoba was once part of the Manitoba Agricultural College after it moved here from a site in the Tuxedo area of Winnipeg. Designed by local architects Samuel Hooper and Victor Horwood, it was constructed between 1911 and 1913 by the firm of Carter-Halls-Aldinger at a contract price of $229,000. The building originally housed college offices, post office, reading room, classrooms, laboratories, museum, and library. The exterior was finished in Tyndall stone from the Garson quarries, and inside is a large double-intersecting central staircase that connects all the offices.
Two lists painted on the walls of the west foyer in the building include staff and students of the Manitoba Agricultural College who served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War, some of whom were killed in action or succumbed to wounds.
It is now the main administration building for the University of Manitoba. In February 2019, it became a municipally-designated historic building and, in 2023, it received a conservation award from Heritage Winnipeg.
Manitoba Agricultural College with the Principal’s Residence visible in the background (circa 1919) by C. I. Meyers
Source: Gordon Goldsborough, 2013-0176Southeast view of the University’s Administration Building (no date)
Source: Winnipeg Buildings IndexNorthwest view of the University’s Administration Building (October 2020)
Source: Nathan KramerWest side of the University’s Administration Building (January 2021)
Source: Rose KuzinaEast side of the University’s Administration Building (April 2021)
Source: George PennerManitoba Agricultural College War Memorial (April 2013)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughManitoba Agricultural College War Memorial (April 2013)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.80962, W97.13270
denoted by symbol on the map above
Name
Occupation
Service
Rank
Birth Date
Death Date
William Ellis Bacon
Farmer (Kinistino, SK)
52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
1892
29 June 1917
Frederick Gerald Barnes
[Next of Kin]Student
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles
Private
2 December 1892
1 October 1916
Clifford Waterworth Baskerville
Loan Company Inspector
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles
Private
18 April 1890
14 November 1917
Farmer (Darlingford)
78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Corporal
8 January 1894
9 April 1917
Harold Wilfred Bousfield
Farmer (MacGregor)
Royal Air Force
Cadet
1896
11 September 1918
William Arthur Bower
Surveyor
1st Army Troops Company, Canadian Engineers
Sapper
1 November 1893
29 June 1916
George Gerald Bowman
Farmer (Arden)
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles
Private
1896
15 September 1916
Frederick William Bradford
Student
44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Lieutenant
1893
23 August 1917
A. N. Butler
?
?
?
?
?
Student
16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
4 April 1896
9 October 1916
Robert George Chapman
[Armoury, Brandon College]Farmer (Brandon)
27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
18 March 1888
21 August 1917
W. W. Coath
?
?
?
?
?
Walter Evan Cox-Smith
Farmer (High Bluff)
27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
1896
19 June 1917
Samuel Osborne Cromie
Broker
2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards
2nd Lieutenant
1891
17 November 1916
Robert Alexander Cunningham
[Brandon Armoury, Next of Kin, Westminster]Professor of Chemistry
46th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Lieutenant
1888
27 September 1918
Frank Daw
Farmer (Gleichen, AB)
The Fort Garry Horse
Tapper
1893
1 April 1918
Frank Stanley Durrant
[Alexander, Armoury, Brandon College]Student
Canadian Machine Gun Corps
Private
23 July 1892
24 March 1918
Edward Millican Dutton
Student & Farmer (Gilbert Plains)
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles
Private
1895
5 June 1917
Edgar Gould Elliot
Farmer (Edmonton, AB)
31st Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
1895
22 May 1918
George Basil Ewens
[Clanwilliam, Minnedosa]Farmer
5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
8 September 1888
27 December 1914
Charles Osborne Gamble
[Swan Lake]Farmer (Swan Lake)
184th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
1896
25 July 1917
Evan Alexander Grant
Farmer (Kenville)
Canadian Machine Gun Corps
Corporal
1895
8 August 1918
F. T. Harris
?
?
?
?
?
Ernest Hermon Hawthorne
[Deloraine, Deloraine United, Verona School]Civil Servant
Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry
Private
1 August 1884
2 June 1916
William Albert Howden
?
29 Squadron, Royal Air Force
2nd Lieutenant
1896
9 November 1918
Robert Oliver Hughes
Student
10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
1892
3 June 1916
Morgan Jones Jenkins
Student
Canadian Infantry
Lance Corporal
1888
28 August 1918
F. Kelly
?
?
?
?
?
Oscar Roland Kerr
[Franklin, Neepawa, Wesley College]Farmer (Franklin)
2nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
1893
11 February 1916
John William Lau
Machinist
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles
Private
1894
7 April 1917
Rowland Lewis
Farm Labourer
14th King’s Hussars, British Army
Private
?
30 August 1917
Walter Lloyd
College Staff
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles
Private
22 April 1894
23 August 1917
James Fulton Lothian
[Pipestone]Farmer (Pipestone)
78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Sergeant
1893
19 June 1920
John Gordon Lovie
[Centreville, Holland]Farmer (Holland)
Canadian Machine Gun Corps
Private
11 January 1896
24 March 1918
John Fullarton MacIntosh
Surveyor
28th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Captain
15 February 1890
1 October 1918
Gudmundur Magnusson
Farmer (Lundar)
27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
1890
20 June 1918
Thomas McLean
College Staff (Janitor)
43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
21 October 1883
8 October 1916
Eric William Money
?
Machine Gun Corps (Heavy Branch), British Army
Lieutenant
1892
11 April 1917
John Elliot Muir
Farmer (Roland)
Lord Strathcona’s Horse
Private
1891
30 March 1918
Alfred Sydney Olive
Student
46th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
1895
20 August 1917
Charles Grover Partridge
Farmer, Bachelor of Science in Agriculture
Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry
Private
25 July 1889
15 September 1916
Aurele Prefontaine MM
Farmer (St-Pierre-Jolys)
22nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
1896
27 August 1918
Emerson Coatsworth Ramsay
Farmer (Bladworth, SK)
102nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Sergeant
1893
22 March 1917
George Gilbert Rankin
[Deloraine, Deloraine United]Farmer (Deloraine)
8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
11 February 1896
10 November 1917
W. Richards
?
?
?
?
?
Charles Douglas Richardson
Farmer (Grenfell, SK)
Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry
Lance Corporal
1891
9 April 1917
Andrew Heron Robertson
?
46th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
?
29 September 1918
Matthew Robertson
Farmer
47th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Lance Corporal
26 May 1892
19 April 1918
Francis McNider Shirriff
[Armoury]Farmer (Brandon)
25th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Lieutenant
23 February 1894
9 April 1917
Douglas Smith
[Knox Presbyterian, Portage]Student
43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Lieutenant
22 October 1897
28 August 1918
John Cochrane Smith
Live Stock Commissioner
5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Lieutenant
1885
10 November 1917
William David Spear MM
Mechanic
1st Division Signal Company, Canadian Engineers
Sapper
1895
27 September 1918
William John Stone
College Staff
43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
1888
26 October 1917
Harry Nelson Thompson
Civil Servant
5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Lieutenant
1888
9 April 1917
Johannas Stephen Thorlakson
Farmer
8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
26 March 1889
2 July 1916
Richard Vidal
Farmer (Woodlands)
Cyclist Battalion, Canadian Corps
Private
1881
2 September 1918
Basil Henry Worsley-Worswick
Farmer
2nd King Edward Horse
Second Lieutenant
1 April 1881
29 April 1916
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: Samuel Hooper (1851-1911)
Memorable Manitobans: Victor William Horwood (1878-1939)
Manitoba Business: Carter-Halls-Aldinger / Commonwealth Construction Company
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Agricultural College / University of Manitoba (Fort Garry Campus, Winnipeg)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Agricultural College War Memorial (Chancellor Matheson Road, Winnipeg)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Municipally Designated Historic Sites
“$15,000 lost on contract for college,” Winnipeg Tribune, 7 September 1916, page 1.
The Manitoba Provincial Architect's Office (1904-1916) by Erin A. M. Booth, MA Thesis, University of Winnipeg, November 1994, footnote #228.
Administration Building – University of Manitoba (Manitoba Agricultural College), 66 Chancellors Circle, City of Winnipeg Historical Buildings & Resources Committee, January 2018.
For the names of First World War casualities from Manitoba who do not appear on any physical monument in the province, see the Manitoba Historical Society War Memorial. If you know of a name that is omitted from this list, please contact the MHS War Memorial Researcher Darryl Toews (darryl@mhs.mb.ca).
Soldiers of the First World War - Canadian Expeditionary Force, Library and Archives Canada.
Canadian Virtual War Memorial, Veterans Affairs Canada.
Financial support for research reported on this page was provided by the Manitoba Heritage Grants Program (2015-2016).
We thank Nathan Kramer, Rose Kuzina, George Penner, and Terry Warsaw for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Darryl Toews.
Page revised: 3 June 2024
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