Manitoba Business: Brandon Construction Company

In 1906, this Brandon-based company was incorporated, with Thomas M. Harrington as its managing director. It became the city’s largest building firm doing business throughout western Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta.

Some of its construction works in Manitoba included:

Building	Location	Year	Status
Park School	Lorne Avenue, Brandon	1904-1905	Demolished (September 1978)
Brandon Asylum for the Insane (kitchen, laundry, store rooms)	First Street, Brandon	1907	Destroyed by fire (November 1910)
Great Northern Railway Station	Twelfth Street at Princess Avenue, Brandon	1907
Brandon Court House	1104 Princess Avenue, Brandon	1908-1910
A. E. McKenzie Building	30 Ninth Street, Brandon	1909-1910
Alexandra School (assembly hall)	701 Twelfth Street, Brandon	1911
King George School	430 Victoria Avenue East, Brandon	1911	Demolished (July 1979)
Canadian Pacific Railway Station	1000 Pacific Avenue, Brandon	1911-1912
Brandon Normal School	1129 Queens Avenue, Brandon	1912-1913
Brandon Experimental Farm (horse barns)	Grand Valley Road, Brandon	1913
Bank of Commerce Building	Brandon	?
First Methodist Church	Brandon	?
Brandon Power House	Brandon	?

See also:

Memorable Manitobans: Thomas M. Harrington (1847-1937)

Sources:

“Contracts signed for magnificent buildings,” Brandon Sun, 20 June 1907, page 1.

“Accept tender for addition,” Brandon Sun, 12 September 1907, page 19.

“New horse barns at experimental farm in spring,” Brandon Sun, 2 January 1913, page 15.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 14 June 2025