Memorable Manitobans: Arthur Edward Cubbidge (1881-1952)

Architect.

Born at Maidstone, England on 23 May 1881, he emigrated to Canada about 1907 and worked as an assistant to Winnipeg architect John Woodman, who in 1917 invited him to become a full partner in the practice. They specialized in the design of commercial and institional buildings, including schools in Winnipeg and its outlying suburbs. The partnership ended in 1924 after which Cubbidge practiced alone, designing a variety of homes in the prosperous suburbs of Crescentwood and Tuxedo. In 1932, he served as President of the Manitoba Association of Architects, and continued to practice until 1950. He died at his Winnipeg home, 12B Locarno Apartments on Roslyn Road, on 28 October 1952 and was buried in St. John’s Cemetery.

Some of his architectural works in Manitoba included:

Building	Location	Year	Status
Public Press Building	290 Vaughan Street, Winnipeg	1917
General Steele School	757 Lyon Street, Winnipeg	1921
Percy J. Rich House	102 Handsart Blvd, Winnipeg	1927
L. J. H. Redmond House	101 Handsart Blvd, Winnipeg	1927
N. J. Breen House	25 Ruskin Row, Winnipeg	1928
W. Cohen Fur Company Building	Portage Avenue, Winnipeg	1929
James D. Carruthers House	Wellington Crescent, Winnipeg	c1930
Eaton House	Wellington Crescent, Winnipeg	1932
St. Paul’s High School & College (expansion)	Ellice Avenue, Winnipeg	1932	Demolished (1964)
James M. Gilchrist House	1015 Wellington Crescent, Winnipeg	1932
Norman L. Leach House	761 Wellington Crescent, Winnipeg	1935
International Harvester Company Warehouse	Portage Avenue at Burnell, Winnipeg	1937
Pointe du Bois School No. 1696	SW36-15-14E, Manitoba	1942

Sources:

Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 31 October 1952, page 33.

Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada, 1800-1950 by Robert G. Hill, Toronto.

Winnipeg Building Index.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 25 September 2016

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