Albert Henry Aldinger (1877-1942)

Building contractor.

Born in Stuttgart, Germany in June 1877, son of Frederick Aldinger and Marie Knorpp, the family emigrated to the United States in 1882 and settled in Indiana. He was educated at public schools there. In 1898 he graduated from Purdue University with a degree in civil engineering. He began working in the bridge construction department of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad then worked successively at the Chicago architectural firms of D. H. Burnham & Company and Well Brothers & Company. In 1907, he moved to Winnipeg and co-founded the construction firm of Carter-Halls-Aldinger Company.

Some of the Winnipeg buildings that his firm constructed:

Marshall-Wells Building (136 Market Avenue), 1905-06

Casa Loma Building (Portage Avenue and Sherbrook Street), 1909

McArthur Building / Childs Building (211 Portage Avenue), 1909

Confederation Life Association Building (457 Main Street), 1912

Winnipeg Electric Railway Building (213 Notre Dame Avenue), 1912-13

Manitoba Free Press Building (300 Carlton Street), 1913

Olympia Hotel / Marlborough Hotel (331 Smith Street), 1913

St. Charles Hotel (235 Notre Dame Avenue), 1913

Minto Armouries (969 St. Matthews Avenue), 1914

In 1904 he married Lucy E. Browne of Chicago. They had two children: Albert Frederick Aldinger and Cyrus Browne Aldinger. He was a member of the AF & AM (Ancient Landmark Lodge No. 3), the Scottish Rite Lodge of Perfection, and the Carleton Club. He was professionally connected with the Western Society of Engineers.

In 1916 he moved to Detroit, Michigan where he organized the construction firm of Walbridge Aldinger, of which he was president. He died there on 9 February 1942.

More information:

City of Winnipeg Heritage Buildings Conservation List

Sources:

“A. H. Aldinger, 66, Contractor, Dies in Detroit” Winnipeg Free Press, 10 February 1942.

Profile revised: 17 May 2009

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