Frank Ernest Halls (1872-1950)

Engineer and builder.

Born Huron County, Ontario, 20 April 1872, son of James and Mary Halls. Educated at public schools and Illinois University, Champlain, Illinois. Commenced career as draughtsman with Luxfer Prism Company, Chicago, Illinois, 1895. Came to Winnipeg, 1907. Director, Western Stone Company, St. Boniface, Manitoba. Director; Great-West Life Assurance Company (1930-1950). Married Josephine Pierce. Davenport, Iowa, 1901; has two sons and one daughter. Club: Commercial Travellers. Recreations: bowling, fishing. Conservative; Presbyterian. Address: 248 Wellington Crescent, Winnipeg.

Halls was a fire-proofing expert with the Winnipeg-based construction firm of Carter-Halls-Aldinger Company, Ltd. 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

More information:

City of Winnipeg Heritage Buildings Conservation List

Source:

Who’s Who in Western Canada: A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living Men and Women of Western Canada, Volume 1, 1911. C. W. Parker, editor. Canadian Press Association, Vancouver.

Profile revised: 13 June 2009

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