Manitoba Business: Moody and Moore / Duncan Rattray Peters and Searle / MMP Architects

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Firm Names | Office Locations | Architects / Engineers | Work Samples | Sources

This Winnipeg-based architectural firm was founded in 1936 by partners Herbert Henry Gatenby Moody and Robert E. “Bob” Moore. In 1969, the firm merged with Duncan Rattray Peters and Searle.

Firm Names

Period	Firm Name
1936-1958	Moody and Moore
1958-1969	Moody Moore and Partners
1969-1975	Moody Moore Duncan Rattray Peters Searle Christie
1975-1979	MMP / Winnipeg
1979-1983	MMP Architects and Engineers
1983-present	MMP Architects

Office Locations

Period	Office Location (Winnipeg)
1936-1948	216 Graham Avenue
1948-1984	295 Broadway (Moody and Moore Building)
1984-1992	120 Fort Street (Radio Industries Building)
1992-2010	?
2010-2016	300 - 214 McDermot Avenue (Criterion Hotel)
2016-present	200 - 123 Bannatyne Avenue (Marshall Wells Warehouse)

Architects / Engineers

Architect / Engineer	Period
James Hamilton “Jim” Christie (1929-2014)	1969-1974
John H. Duncan	1969-?
Melville James “Jim” McFeetors (1933-2014)	1979-2002
Herbert Henry Gatenby Moody (1903-1991)	1936-1976
Robert E. “Bob” Moore (1909-1995)	1936-?
Helmut J. Peters	1969-?
Michael David “Mike” Rattray (1931-2022)	1969-1983
Samuel Searle	1969-?
Orest Sedun (c1940-2015)	?-?
Robert Wrublowsky	?-present

Work Samples

Building	Location	Year	Status
Ravenscourt School for Boys (gymnasium, classrooms)	400 South Drive, Winnipeg	1937
King Edward Memorial Hospital (renovations)	Morley Avenue, Winnipeg	1937
Lion House	Assiniboine Park Zoo, Winnipeg	1937-1938
Wilson House (Samuel L. Wilson)	106 Handsart Boulevard, Winnipeg	1938
Grace Hospital Nurses’ Residence	210 Evanson Street, Winnipeg	1941-1942
Holt Renfrew store (alterations)	354 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg	1942
Deer Lodge Hospital (Red Cross Lodge)	2109 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg	1944-1945
Lac du Bonnet School	Lac du Bonnet	1946-1947	Demolished (?)
Winnipeg Electric Company Osborne Street Substation	265 Osborne Street, Winnipeg	1947	Demolished (2019)
Moody and Moore Building	295 Broadway, Winnipeg	1948
Dickson Motors Garage	634-640 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg	1949	Demolished (2019)
Minnedosa Hospital	Minnedosa	1949
Winnipeg Winter Club	200 River Avenue, Winnipeg	1949
Princess Elizabeth Hospital	Winnipeg	1950
Women’s Pavilion	735 Notre Dame Avenue, Winnipeg	1950
Goodrich Rubber Building	1111 Ellice Avenue, Winnipeg	1950-1951
Pigott Motors Building	1290 Main Street, Winnipeg	1951-1952
Concordia Hospital (expansion)	437 Desalaberry Avenue, Winnipeg	1951-1953
Winnipeg Stadium	Winnipeg	1952-1953
Airport Hotel	Ellice Avenue at Berry Street, Winnipeg	1953
Deer Lodge Hospital (expansion)	2109 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg	1953
Churchill High School	510 Hay Street, Winnipeg	1953-1958
Harrow School	550 Harrow Street, Winnipeg	1954
Harrow School (expansion)	550 Harrow Street, Winnipeg	1955
Monarch Lumber Building	207 Donald Street	1955-1956
Sovereign Life Building	287 Broadway, Winnipeg	1956-1957
Manitoba Hydro-Electric Board Building	650 Harrow Street, Winnipeg	1957-1958
Agriculture Building	66 Dafoe Road, Winnipeg	1958
St. John’s College and Chapel	92 Dysart Road, Winnipeg	1958
Great-West Life Assurance Company Building	60 Osborne Street, Winnipeg	1958-1959
Provincial Building	Third Street West, The Pas	1958-1959
Manitoba Rehabilitation Hospital	800 Sherbrook Street, Winnipeg	1960
Chown Building	753 McDermot Avenue, Winnipeg	1962-1964
Donnelly United Church	1226 Waller Avenue, Winnipeg	1964
University College, University of Manitoba	210 Dysart Road, Winnipeg	1964
Centennial Concert Hall	555 Main Street, Winnipeg	1965-1968
Centennial Hall, University of Winnipeg	515 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg	1969-1972
Lockhart Hall, University of Winnipeg	Ellice Avenue, Winnipeg	1972
Medical Arts Building	223 Kennedy Street, Winnipeg	1972
Hudson’s Bay House	79 Main Street, Winnipeg	1972
J. H. Bruns Collegiate	250 Lakewood Boulevard, Winnipeg	1972
Westdale Junior High School	6720 Betsworth Avenue, Winnipeg	1972
Basic Medical Sciences Building	730 William Avenue, Winnipeg	1974
Shamrock School	831 Beaverhill Boulevard, Winnipeg	1974-1975
Assiniboine Credit Union Building	125 Garry Street, Winnipeg	1976
RCMP Headquarters	1091 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg	1978
Fort Whyte Interpretive Centre	Winnipeg	1983
Radio Industries Building (renovation)	120 Fort Street, Winnipeg	1984
Fred Douglas Place	333 Vaughan Street, Winnipeg	1989

Sources:

“Tenders to be called for Ravenscourt School,” Winnipeg Tribune, 29 May 1937, page 6.

“New zoo building planned for park,” Winnipeg Tribune, 25 September 1937, page 14.

“Tenders called for four-storey building by the Grace Hospital [Nurses’ Residence],” Winnipeg Free Press, 28 June 1941, page 9.

“Tenders [Red Cross Lodge],” Winnipeg Tribune, 30 August 1944, page 24.

“Tender for school [Lac du Bonnet School],” Winnipeg Free Press, 25 March 1946, page 5.

“Tenders [Minnedosa Hospital],” Winnipeg Free Press, 3 May 1949, page 21.

“Halt in prices reported due to synthetic rubber [Goodrich Rubber Building],” Winnipeg Free Press, 25 October 1950, page 3.

“Our new showrooms open [Pigott Motors Building],” Winnipeg Free Press, 10 January 1952, page 13.

“Board soon to call tenders on 2 schools [Harrow School],” Winnipeg Free Press, 7 May 1952, page 3.

“Staduim bids to be called,” Winnipeg Free Press, 5 September 1952, page 4.

“Here is what Winnipeg’s new stadium will look like,” Winnipeg Free Press, 17 September 1952, page 1.

“$500,000 Airport Hotel opens in July,” Winnipeg Free Press, 9 January 1953, page 3.

[illustration, Deer Lodge Hospital], Winnipeg Free Press, 7 February 1953, page 3.

“Shortage of architects in Winnipeg: Moore,” Winnipeg Free Press, 12 September 1969, page 16.

“Credit union office opens,” Winnipeg Free Press, 12 June 1976, page 40.

Obituary [James Hamilton Christie], Winnipeg Free Press, 6 September 2014.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 11 March 2023