Historic Sites of Manitoba: Leo Mol Schoolhouse Studio (Assiniboine Park, Winnipeg)

In the early 1960s world-renowned sculptor Leo Mol purchased the former schoolhouse of the Corona School District No. 1706 that had served the Birds Hill community since 1911. Many of his well-known commissions were completed in it during the 1970s and 1980s. In 1995, it was moved from its original site on Lorne Hill Road in the Rural Municipality of East St. Paul to the Leo Mol Sculpture Garden in Assiniboine Park, where it was restored and opened to the public.

Leo Mol Schoolhouse Studio (2010) Source: City of Winnipeg Corona School (1920s) by J. E. S. Dunlop Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs, GR8461, A0233, C131-3, page 20. Site Location (lat/long): N49.87477, W97.23682 denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

One Hundred Years in the History of the Rural Schools of Manitoba: Their Formation, Reorganization and Dissolution (1871-1971) by Mary B. Perfect, MEd thesis, University of Manitoba, April 1978.

A Study of Public School Buildings in Manitoba by David Butterfield, Historic Resources Branch, Manitoba Department of Culture, Heritage and Tourism, 1994, 230 pages.

Information for this page was provided by The City of Winnipeg’s Planning, Property and Development Department, which acknowledges the contribution of the Government of Manitoba through its Heritage Grants Program.

Information for this page was collected and prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 13 May 2013

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