Architect.
Born at Toronto, Ontario on 14 February 1876, son of William Bridgman and Elizabeth Saunders, he moved with his family to London, Ontario where he took his early schooling, later studying architecture at the Atelier Masqueray in New York City from about 1892 to 1897, when he commenced an architectural practice with C. A. Rich. On 1 January 1903 he married Maida Helena McBroom of London and, later that year, they moved to Winnipeg where he practised architecture until 1937. He retired to London, Ontario in 1938.
During the Second World War, he was called into service in the construction of Air Training Stations in central Ontario and, after the war, he returned to private practice with his brother Gordon Bridgman. He retired a second time in 1955. He died at London, Ontario on 17 October 1965.
Some of his architectural works in Manitoba included:
Building |
Location |
Year |
Status |
St. Luke’s Anglican Church |
130 Nassau Street North, Winnipeg |
1904-1905 |
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Corbett House |
97 West Gate, Winnipeg |
1906 |
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German Lutheran Church |
691 Alexander Avenue, Winnipeg |
1906 |
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Richmond Apartments |
430 Young Street, Winnipeg |
1906 |
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Ripstein Block |
172-182 Logan Avenue / 48 Martha Street, Winnipeg |
1906 |
Demolished (1940) |
St. Giles Presbyterian Church |
294 Burrows Avenue, Winnipeg |
1908 |
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Mills Block |
1000 Main Street, Winnipeg |
1908 |
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Riley House |
90 East Gate, Winnipeg |
1909 |
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Bickle Court |
600 Broadway, Winnipeg |
1909 |
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Metcalfe Block |
451 Hethrington Avenue, Winnipeg |
1909 |
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Osborne-River Building |
100 Osborne Street, Winnipeg |
1910 |
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Riverview Mansions |
27 Balmoral Street, Winnipeg |
1910 |
Demolished (?) |
Brown House (Dr. Raymond Brown) |
Ethelbert Street, Winnipeg |
1911 |
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Weber House (Ira S. K. Weber) |
283 Yale Avenue, Winnipeg |
1912 |
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Anvers Apartments |
758 McMillan Avenue, Winnipeg |
1912 |
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DeBary Apartments |
626 Wardlaw Avenue, Winnipeg |
1912-1913 |
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Brussels Apartments |
150-156 Lilac Street, Winnipeg |
1912 |
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Regal Court |
152-154 Maryland Street, Winnipeg |
1912 |
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Hossie House (W. Arthur Hossie) |
Godfrey Street, Winnipeg |
1913 |
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Redwood Apartments |
205-213 College Avenue, Winnipeg |
1913 |
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Abmyndo Apartments |
519-521 William Avenue, Winnipeg |
1914 |
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Ellice Block |
468 Sherbrook Street, Winnipeg |
1914 |
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West St. Paul Municipal Building |
West St. Paul |
1917 |
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Gaspe Apartments |
601 Broadway, Winnipeg |
1917 |
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Wiley Warehouse |
533 Henry Avenue, Winnipeg |
1918 |
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Bucknam-Walmsley Garage Building |
275 Smith Street, Winnipeg |
1920 |
Demolished (1983) |
Dawson Richardson Building |
171 McDermot Avenue, Winnipeg |
1921 |
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Cypress River United Church |
Cypress River, RM of Victoria |
1921 |
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St. Edward’s Convent |
800 Adele Avenue, Winnipeg |
1922 |
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Sparling Apartments |
217 Sherbrook Street, Winnipeg |
1925 |
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Winnitoba Block |
54 Young Street, Winnipeg |
1926 |
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Blackstone Apartments |
100 Roslyn Road, Winnipeg |
1927 |
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Franklin Apartments |
435 Spence Street, Winnipeg |
1929 |
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Manitou Opera House |
325 Main Street, Manitou, Municipality of Pembina |
1930 |
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Beacon Theatre (renovation) |
557 Main Street, Winnipeg |
1930 |
Demolished (1966) |
Sources:
Advertisement, Manitoba Free Press, 25 February 1904, page 2.
“New St. Giles’ is a beautiful edifice,” Manitoba Free Press, 14 March 1908, page 5.
“Issues permits for buildings worth $244,000,” Winnipeg Tribune, 25 March 1920, page 3.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 27 October 1965, page 17.
Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada, 1800-1950 by Robert G. Hill, Toronto.
Henderson’s Winnipeg and Brandon Directories, Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Libraries.
Winnipeg Building Index, University of Manitoba.
We thank L. D. Laird, Nathan Kramer, and Jordan Makichuk for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 18 March 2023
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