Like other civic authorities of their time, the founders of the Rural Municipality of West St. Paul sought to combine a number of services in one building. Besides council chambers, the building has provided space as a community centre, legion, and school, until construction of the West St. Paul School in 1947 eliminated the need for the latter. The building was designed by Winnipeg architect Charles Saunders Bridgman and built in 1917, a north and south addition were made to it in 1989. Within the lobby by southwest entrance are two Honour Rolls for local servicemen in the First World War and Second World War.
The structure is a municipally designated historic site as of 1989.
West St. Paul Municipal Building (2010)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
West St. Paul Municipal Building (December 2018)
Source: George Penner
West St. Paul Municipal Building (June 2019)
Source: George Penner
West St. Paul Municipal Building (January 2021)
Source: Rose Kuzina
Centennial commemorative monument at West St. Paul Municipal Building (September 2016)
Source: Nathan Kramer
West St. Paul Municipal honour rolls (October 2019)
Source: Nathan KramerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.98023, W97.06701
denoted by symbol on the map above
Name
Occupation
Service
Rank
Birth Date
Death Date
George Holland
Market gardener
78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
24 June 1889
18 June 1917
Frank Prime
[108 Battalion]Farmer
16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
2 November 1892
28 April 1917
Walter Stanley Stephens
Gardener
43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
4 February 1883
6 October 1916
Name
Service
Rank
Birth Date
Death Date
Victor William Hall
Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
Private
13 May 1923
22 June 1944
Robert Francis Rogers Holmes
10th Armoured Regiment, Fort Garry Horse, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps
Trooper
24 July 1920
11 June 1944
Burton Frederick Rissman
Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians), Royal Canadian Armoured Corps
Trooper
24 October 1922
26 May 1944
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Municipally Designated Historic Sites
Historic Sites of Manitoba: West St. Paul School No. 4 (3740 Main Street, RM of West St. Paul)
Municipal Building, Manitoba Historic Resources Branch
For the names of First World War casualities from Manitoba who do not appear on any physical monument in the province, see the Manitoba Historical Society War Memorial. If you know of a name that is omitted from this list, please contact the MHS War Memorial Researcher Darryl Toews (darryl@mhs.mb.ca).
Soldiers of the First World War - Canadian Expeditionary Force, Library and Archives Canada.
Canadian Virtual War Memorial, Veterans Affairs Canada.
Financial support for research reported on this page was provided by the Manitoba Heritage Grants Program (2015-2016).
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough, Nathan Kramer, Darryl Toews, Rose Kuzina, and George Penner.
Page revised: 21 June 2021
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