Memorable Manitobans: John G. Taubensee (1930-2009)

Building contractor.

Born in Germany on 7 March 1930, son of John Taubensee (1903-1995) and Mary Schoenrath (1907-1965), he came with his family to Canada later that year and settled at Swan River where his father worked as a building contractor. In 1955, he received a degree in Architecture from the University of Manitoba and moved to Flin Flon where, together with his father, he founded the Taubensee Construction Company. They moved the company to Winnipeg in 1960 and, over the course of years, built over 100 schools and other public buildings around the city and surrounding towns. He died accidentally at his cottage at Clearwater Bay, Ontario on 16 April 2009.

Some of his construction works in Manitoba included:

Building

Location

Year

Status

Steinbach Collegiate Institute

77 Lumber Avenue, Steinbach

1961-1962

 

Robert Browning School

130 Browning Boulevard, Winnipeg

1963

 

Ness Junior High School

3300 Ness Avenue, Winnipeg

1964-1965

 

Arthur Oliver School

647 School Road, Winnipeg

1967-1968

Demolished (?)

Bedson School

250 Bedson Street, Winnipeg

1967-1968

 

Voyageur School

37 Voyageur Street, Winnipeg

1967-1968

 

Hedges Junior High School

369 Fairlane Avenue, Winnipeg

1968-1969

 

Victor H. L. Wyatt School

485 Meadowood Drive, Winnipeg

1976-1979

 

Pacific Junction School

715 Cathcart Street, Winnipeg

1987

 

Sources:

Obituary [John Taubensee], Winnipeg Free Press, 19 October 1995, page 44.

Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 20 April 2009.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 19 March 2022

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