In February 1907, the Winnipeg-based construction firm of Carter-Halls-Aldinger was incorporated by contractor William Henry Carter, barrister Philip C. Locke, barrister James E. Robertson, fireproofing expert Frank Ernest Halls, and civil engineer Albert Henry Aldinger. It was active in the erection of numerous large buildings around Manitoba and elsewhere.
In 1944, the firm went into voluntary liquidation from which two companies were formed: the Carter Construction Company, based in Toronto, Ontario with Carter as its President, and the Commonwealth Construction Company at Winnipeg with Halls as a partner with Richard Reeve Collard, Arthur Williams Fosness, and George H. Elliott. The Commonwealth company was sold in 1955 to three firms based in London, England.
Some of the Manitoba buildings constructed by the firm:
Building
Location
Year
Status
80 Sutherland Avenue, Winnipeg
1907
Peck Building (addition)
33 Princess Street, Winnipeg
1907
Windsor Hotel (addition and alterations)
649-659 Main Street, Winnipeg
1907
Brazier Street, Winnipeg
1908-1909
Demolished (early 1970s)
644 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg
1909
Galt Garage (John Galt)
221 Roslyn Road, Winnipeg
1909
Demolished (?)
234 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg
1909
583 Ellice Avenue, Winnipeg
1909
205-211 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg
1909-1910
Demolished (1988)
Eastern Townships Bank Building
367 Main Street, Winnipeg
1910
Demolished (?)
Guest Fish Warehouse (addition)
90 Alexander Avenue, Winnipeg
1910
77 Main Street, Winnipeg
1911
1735 Pacific Avenue, Brandon
1911
Demolished (2021)
225 Sutherland Avenue, Winnipeg
1911
300 Carlton Street, Winnipeg
1911-1913
33 Maclean Crescent, Winnipeg
1911-1912
66 Chancellors Circle, Winnipeg
1911-1913
457 Main Street, Winnipeg
1912
128 James Avenue, Winnipeg
1912
Dominion Bridge Plant (addition)
1480-1500 Dublin Avenue, Winnipeg
1912
Demolished (2024)
321 McDermot, Winnipeg
1912
Marshall Wells Warehouse (expansion)
136 Market Avenue, Winnipeg
1912
425 Henry Avenue, Winnipeg
1912
108 Osborne Street, Winnipeg
1912
557 Main Street, Winnipeg
1912
Demolished (1966)
425 Henry Avenue, WInnipeg
1912
213-219 Notre Dame Avenue, Winnipeg
1912-1913
Manitoba Agricultural College Swine Barn
Winnipeg
1913
Unknown
Manitoba Agricultural College Laying Houses
Winnipeg
1913
Unknown
Manitoba Agricultural College Brooder House
Winnipeg
1913
Unknown
Manitoba Agricultural College Fattening Barn
Winnipeg
1913
Unknown
Manitoba Agricultural College Horse Barn
Winnipeg
1913
Unknown
331 Smith Street, Winnipeg
1913
235 Notre Dame Avenue, Winnipeg
1913
969 St. Matthews Avenue, Winnipeg
1914
655 Logan Avenue, Winnipeg
1914
259 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg
1915
Paris Building (addition)
259 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg
1917
409 Selkirk Avenue, Winnipeg
1917
960 Logan Avenue, Winnipeg
1918
Destroyed by fire (6 August 2023)
Canadian Bank of Commerce (renovation)
315 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg
1919
Canadian Bank of Commerce
Headingley
1919
Canadian Bank of Commerce
St. Norbert
1919
Coca Cola Bottling Plant
20 Twelfth Street, Brandon
1919
Demolished (?)
Kennedy Block (conversion)
315-323 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg
1919
Partly destroyed by fire (1973)
490 Des Meurons Street, St. Boniface
1919
804 Selkirk Avenue, Winnipeg
1919
335 Main Street, Winnipeg
1920
Replaced (1923)
307-311 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg
1920
Demolished (2012)
Manitoba Cold Storage Warehouse (remodeling)
151 Higgins Avenue, Winnipeg
1920
Destroyed by fire (2004)
Main Street North, Dauphin
1920-1921
1 Morley Avenue, Winnipeg
1920-1921
Demolished (1991)
Dingwall Building (restoration)
62 Albert Street, Winnipeg
1921
Mac's Building (alterations and repairs)
585-587 Ellice Avenue / 479 Sherbrook Street, Winnipeg
1921
Olympia Hotel / Marlborough Hotel (addition)
331 Smith Street, Winnipeg
1921
361-365 Hargrave Street, Winnipeg
1922
Olympia Hotel / Marlborough Hotel (addition)
331 Smith Street, Winnipeg
1923
765 Main Street, Winnipeg
1924
Partially demolished (?)
542 Plinguet Street, Winnipeg
1925
Partially deconstructed (1933)
450 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg
1925-1926
Powerview-Pine Falls
1926-1927
Demolished (2011-2014)
25 Forks Market Road, Winnipeg
1928
65 Rorie Street, Winnipeg
1928
Winnipeg Cold Storage Building (addition)
422 Jarvis Avenue, Winnipeg
1928
1188 Wellington Crescent, Winnipeg
1929
Demolished (2022)
Ellice Block (alterations)
468 Sherbrook Street, Winnipeg
1929
1380 Notre Dame Avenue, Winnipeg
1929
Winnipeg River, RM of Whitemouth
1929-1931
265 Notre Dame Avenue, Winnipeg
1930
Hudson Bay, Churchill
1930-1931
Assiniboine Park, Winnipeg
1931-1932
200 Vaughan Street, Winnipeg
1931-1932
Winnipeg Cold Storage Building (addition)
422 Jarvis Avenue, Winnipeg
1935
269 Main Street, Winnipeg
1935-1936
2230 Main Street, Winnipeg
1935-1937
Manitoba Cold Storage Warehouse (addition)
151 Higgins Avenue, Winnipeg
1937
Destroyed by fire (2004)
Winnipeg Cold Storage Building (addition)
422 Jarvis Avenue, Winnipeg
1937
Winnipeg Electric Company Mill Substation and Steam Plant (addition)
55 Mill Street, Winnipeg
1937
Demolished (?)
Winnipeg Cold Storage Building (addition)
422 Jarvis Avenue, Winnipeg
1938
555 Hervo Street, Winnipeg
1939-1940
RM of North Cypress
1940
Mountain Avenue, Neepawa
1940
Partially demolished (1970)
618 Main Street, Winnipeg
1946
Simpson-Sears Department Store [Polo Park Shopping Centre]
1485 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg
1958-1959
599 Empress Street, Winnipeg
1959
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: William Henry Carter (1874-1962)
Memorable Manitobans: Frank Ernest Halls (1872-1950)
Memorable Manitobans: Albert Henry Aldinger (1877-1942)
“Glass works at Beausejour,” Manitoba Free Press, 25 February 1907, page 12.
“Granite cornice crashes to ground,” Manitoba Free Press, 27 September 1910, page 7.
“Prospective Construction - Brandon, Man,” Manitoba Free Press, 28 March 1919, page 17.
“Cola Company start buildings,” Manitoba Free Press, 12 April 1919, page 31.
“Cola Cola’s new bottling plants,” Saskatoon Daily Star, 26 April 1919, page 22.
“Erecting three bank buildings,” Manitoba Free Press, 11 October 1919, page 25.
“Designs building to house city's nurses,” Winnipeg Tribune, 26 February 1921, page 3.
“J. D. McArthur resigns as pulp company president,” Manitoba Free Press, 8 March 1926, page 1.
“Local official confirms construction firm sale,” Winnipeg Free Press, 5 January 1955, page 16.
Henderson’s Winnipeg and Brandon Directories, Henderson Directories Limited, Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Libraries.
We thank Nathan Kramer, George Penner, and Jordan Makichuk for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 18 September 2024