Historic Sites of Manitoba: West St. Paul Municipal Building (3550 Main Street, RM of West St. Paul)

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 Kramer Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.98023, W97.06701 denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War

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

Second World War

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

Sources:

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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