Born at Shaftesbury, Dorsetshire, England on 18 October 1843, he left England in 1869 and worked in the plastering and contracting business at Chicago, Illinois until 1873 when he moved to Upper Fort Garry. He later partnered with his half-brother Charles Wallace Sharp, under the name of Smith and Sharp, in a contracting business. It was responsible for the construction of many early buildings in Winnipeg. In 1907, he retired from business and moved to Victoria, British Columbia, later going to Wiltshire, England where he died on 20 January 1917. Predeceased by his wife Elizabeth, he was survived by a daughter (wife of Hugh McIntyre).
Some of his construction works in Manitoba included:
Building
Location
Year
Status
Stony Mountain Penitentiary (interior work)
Winnipeg City Hall #1
Winnipeg City Hall #2
Merchants Bank Building
Dominion Bank Building
Bank of British North America Building
Union Bank Building
Old Court House
Masonic Temple
Winnipeg Police Station
Old Queen's Hotel
Leland Hotel
Fortune Building
Old Confederal Life Building
Imperial Bank Building
Grand Pacific Hotel
Main Street, Winnipeg
?
First St. Mary’s Church
?
302-304 Main Street, Winnipeg
1904
Demolished (1970s)
380 William Avenue, Winnipeg
1905
John M. King School (with Charles Wallace Sharp and Sinclair Balsor Ritchie)
649 Ellice Avenue
1905
Demolished (1964)
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: Charles Wallace Sharp (1852-1924)
1901 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.
“Old timer dead,” Manitoba Free Press, 21 February 1917, page 5.
We thank Jordan Makichuk for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 3 August 2024
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