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Manitoba Business: Davidson Brothers

This Winnipeg-based construction firm was established by three brothers: Albert T. Davidson, Alexander Davidson, and Frederick Harvey Davidson. It had ceased operations by 1913.

Some of the Manitoba buildings constructed by the firm:

Building

Location

Year

Status

Aikins House

630 Westminster Avenue, Winnipeg

1901

Western Building

90 Albert Street, Winnipeg

1901

Guest Block

598 Main Street, Winnipeg

1902

Jubilee Block

215-223 Alexander Avenue, Winnipeg

1902

Demolished (?)

Dingle and Stewart Warehouse

263 Stanley Street, Winnipeg

1903

Modern Laundry Building

309 Hargrave Street, Winnipeg

1903

Williamson Block

38 Kate Street, Winnipeg

1903

Del Block

62 Princess Street, Winnipeg

1904

Franklin Press Building

168 Bannatyne Avenue, Winnipeg

1904

Hallonquist Block

402-406 Logan Avenue, Winnipeg

1904

Demolished (1970s)

Alexandria Block

389-393 Graham Avenue, Winnipeg

1905

Demolished (1979)

Orris Block

305 Elgin Avenue, Winnipeg

1905

Demolished (?)

Del Block Annex

54 Princess Street, Winnipeg

1905

Bettes Block

289 Carlton Street, Winnipeg

1907-1908

Demolished (?)

Elliott House

16 Ruskin Row, Winnipeg

1908

Cecil Rhodes School

136 Cecil Street, Winnipeg

1908-1909

Devon Court

376 Broadway, Winnipeg

1909

Demolished (1982)

Edmonton Block

383 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg

1909

Wardlaw Apartments

544 Wardlaw Avenue, Winnipeg

1909

Oldfield, Kirby and Gardner Building

234 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg

1909

Gooderham House (Harold Dean Gooderham)

323 Wellington Crescent, Winnipeg

1911

Demolished (?)

Taylor House

611 Wellington Crescent, Winnipeg

1911

Kirkwood Block

575 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg

1912

Ashdown House

529 Wellington Crescent, Winnipeg

1912-1913

Sources:

“Reach $5,000,000 mark,” Manitoba Free Press, 17 May 1911, page 10.

Del Block, 62 Princess Street, City of Winnipeg Historical Buildings and Resources Committee, February 2015.

We thank Nathan Kramer and Jordan Makichuk for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 26 April 2023

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