Historic Sites of Manitoba: Winnipeg City Hall (510 Main Street, Winnipeg)

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The Winnipeg City Hall, also known as the Civic Centre, consists of two buildings separated by a courtyard. Designed by the architectural firm of Green Blankstein Russell and Associates and built by the construction firm of Gerard Alphonsus “Gerry” Baert, the complex was completed in 1964 and formally opened in October of that year.

The Council Building contains the council chamber, a public gallery that can seat 250 people, committee rooms, the office of the Mayor, councillor offices, the City Clerk’s department, the Creative Services Branch of the Internal Services Department, and the Emergency Operations office. The Administration building is seven stories high and holds the offices of the Chief Administrative Officer, the Corporate Services and Corporate Finance Departments, as well as conference rooms and a public restaurant. The Council Building and Administration Building are joined by an underground corridor.

Council Building (July 2018) Source: George Penner Administration Building (July 2018) Source: George Penner The following plaques are displayed in and around the Winnipeg City Hall buildings. Winnipeg General Strike, 50th Anniversary Plaque (September 2022) United Steelworkers of America plaque mounted near the north entrance of the Council Building in 1969. Source: Glen Toews Second Battalion Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry “Freedom of the City” Plaque, 1989 (September 2022) Mounted near the north entrance of the Council Building in 1989. Source: Glen Toews Second Battalion Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry “Freedom of the City” Plaque, 1995 (September 2022) Mounted near the north entrance of the Council Building in 1995. Source: Glen Toews HMCS Chippawa “Freedom of the City” Plaque (September 2022) Mounted near the north entrance of the Council Building in 1985. Source: Glen Toews Royal Winnipeg Rifles (Little Black Devils), 100th anniversary “Freedom of the City” Plaque (September 2022) Mounted near the north entrance of the Council Building in 1983. Source: Glen Toews University of Winnipeg Centenary Convocation Plaque (2009) Mounted near the north entrance of the Council Building in 1974. Source: City of Winnipeg Salvation Army, 100th Anniversary in Winnipeg Plaque (2009) Mounted in the sidewalk, in 1986. Source: City of Winnipeg Salvation Army, 100th Anniversary in Winnipeg Plaque (2009) Mounted near the southwest corner of the Administration Building in 1986. Source: City of Winnipeg Commemorative plaque for hero Stefan Stechuk (September 2022) Source: Glen Toews Commemorative plaque for Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (September 2022) Source: Glen Toews Commemorative plaque for Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders (September 2022) Source: Glen Toews Commemorative plaque for citizens receiving honorary doctorates from the University of Winnipeg in April 1974 (September 2022) Source: Glen Toews City Hall Date Stone (2010) Located on a low marble wall on the east side of City Hall, laid by Mayor Stephen Juba on 15 May 1964. Source: City of Winnipeg Winnipeg Civic Centre 50th Anniversary plaque (May 2015) Source: Nathan Kramer This plaque, unveiled on 15 May 2014 by Mayor Sam Katz, is located at the southeastern approach to the central courtyard at Winnipeg’s City Hall, formally known as the Winnipeg Civic Centre (WCC). It commemorates the WCC’s 50th Anniversary, comprised of the both the Council Building and Administration Building. Both structures were officially opened in 1964 and based on designs of the local architectural firm of Green Blankstein Russell Associates. First World War Honour Roll for City of Winnipeg (November 2019) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Plaque commemorating the 50th anniversary of the famine-genocide in Ukraine (July 2018) Source: George Penner Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.89955, W97.13931 denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War Casualties Among City of Winnipeg Employees

Name	Occupation	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
William Joseph Alderson [Next of Kin, Winnipeg Police]	Law Student	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	21 July 1888	3 June 1915
Joe Burley [Winnipeg Hydro]	Electrician, City of Winnipeg Light & Power	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	11 February 1885	28 October 1917
David Casey	Labourer, City of Winnipeg Engineering Department	4th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Sergeant	30 November 1874	19 April 1916
William Chisholm	Fireman	Lord Strathcona's Horse	Private	?	17 October 1918
William Christopher	Clerk, City of Winnipeg Timekeeper's Department	1st Divisional Train, Canadian Army Service Corps	Sergeant	14 September 1877	20 August 1918
William Clark [Next of Kin]	Fireman	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Corporal	7 June 1885	8 October 1916
Charles Robinson Cockburn [Winnipeg Hydro]	Mechanic, City of Winnipeg Light & Power	Royal Air Force	Air Mechanic 2nd Class	?	12 October 1918
John Cooper [Transcona, Winnipeg Hydro]	Electrician, City of Winnipeg Light & Power	19th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	2 November 1892	9 April 1917
Walter Crawley [Next of Kin, Winnipeg Police]	Elevator Operator	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	14 October 1899	25 October 1916
Walter A. Dawson MM [Holy Trinity, Next of Kin, Winnipeg Hydro]	Electric Cableman	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	29 September 1887	4 June 1918
Austin Deakin [Winnipeg Hydro]	Lineman, City of Winnipeg Light & Power	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Corporal	10 December 1890	9 August 1918
John Diplock	Foreman, City of Winnipeg Health Department	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Sergeant	26 July 1880	16 December 1917
Michael Duffy DCM, MM [Next of Kin, Winnipeg Police]	Policeman	1st Battalion, Canadian Machine Gun Corps	Sergeant	10 February 1890	1 October 1918
Thomas Alexander Durward	Teamster, City of Winnipeg Health Department	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1 February 1872	2 May 1916
William Falcus	Fireman	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lance Corporal	20 February 1890	26 September 1916
Francis Eric Farrell [Emerson, Next of Kin]	Fireman	2nd Brigade, Canadian Motor Machine Gun	Private	5 July 1890	4 September 1918
Herbert Charles Figgures [Next of Kin]	Timekeeper, City of Winnipeg Shops	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lance Corporal	6 April 1883	25 October 1916
Thomas Frame [Next of Kin]	City Fireman	Canadian Motor Machine Gun Brigade	Corporal	22 May 1886	27 March 1918
Henry Clair Gear [Next of Kin, Winnipeg Police]	Policeman	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Corporal	22 November 1884	29 January 1917
James Jarvis Geddes [Next of Kin, Winnipeg Police]	Policeman	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Sergeant	8 October 1890	8 October 1916
William John Gibbs [Next of Kin]	Teamster, City of Winnipeg Health Department	78th Battalion Canadian Infantry	Corporal	11 April 1879	29 September 1918
John Gingles [Next of Kin, Winnipeg Police]	City Policeman	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Sergeant	2 October 1889	20 November 1916
Albert Green [Next of Kin]	Assistant Bacteriologist, City of Winnipeg Health Department	29th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	16 October 1889	21 August 1917
Joseph Charles Gregory [Next of Kin]	Clerk, City of Winnipeg Waterworks	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	24 July 1877	10 April 1917
John Gregson [Next of Kin, Winnipeg Police]	Police Constable	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	24 September 1891	14 June 1916
Walter Leslie Griffith	Student	Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry	Private	20 January 1892	14 April 1916
Albert Edward Griffiths [Winnipeg Police]	Constable	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	24 July 1881	3 October 1916
William James Hardiman	City of Winnipeg Fire Department	Royal Air Force	Cadet	?	20 November 1918
Herbert Edward Harris	Clerk, City of Winnipeg Engineering Department	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	11 January 1888	8 October 1916
Donald Henderson [Winnipeg Police]	Policeman	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Sergeant	9 September 1885	1 May 1917
Robert Bruce Holmes [Next of Kin, Winnipeg Police]	Policeman	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	27 September 1884	14 June 1916
Ernest Horton	Warehouseman, City of Winnipeg Health Department	4th Field Ambulance, Royal Canadian Medical Corps	Private	12 June 1890	17 September 1916
James Courage Hunter [Next of Kin, Winnipeg Police]	Policeman	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lance Corporal	26 February 1886	31 March 1916
John Stanley Hunter	Time Keeper, City of Winnipeg Timekeeper's Department	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	17 October 1884	30 October 1917
F. J. Jamieson	City of Winnipeg Parks Department	?	?	?	?
Robert John Kerr	Fireman	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	11 April 1887	26 October 1917
Walter Edward Keys [Next of Kin, Winnipeg Police]	Saddler and Police Constable	107th Battalion, Canadian Pioneers	Private	2 June 1890	28 February 1918
Eustace Cameron King [Winnipeg Hydro]	Clerk, City of Winnipeg Light & Power Department	Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry	Corporal	16 May 1885	10 April 1915
Albert Henry Lindsay [Next of Kin]	Engineer, City of Winnipeg Engineering Department	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	15 June 1894	13 January 1918
Harry Little [Next of Kin, Winnipeg Hydro]	Clerk, City of Winnipeg Light & Power	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	11 October 1897	6 April 1918
Archibald MacDonald [Next of Kin, Winnipeg Police]	Policeman	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	8 February 1886	11 June 1916
William MacDonald MM [Next of Kin, Winnipeg Police]	Policeman	Lord Strathcona's Horse	Sergeant	14 February 1893	9 October 1918
Robert Martin MacKay [Grandview]	Clerk, City of Winnipeg Parks Department	2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	6 January 1896	31 March 1917
Alexander MacLeod [Winnipeg Police]	Policeman	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	22 November 1885	15 July 1916
Percy Frank Masters [Next of Kin]	Clerk	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	16 February 1899	29 August 1918
John McCarthy [Next of Kin, Winnipeg Police]	Policeman	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Company Sergeant Major	21 September 1888	28 April 1917
Frederick McClelland [Next of Kin, Winnipeg Hydro]	Lineman. City of Winnipeg Light & Power	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	15 June 1888	13 January 1917
Hugh B. McDonald	Fireman	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	20 February 1888	26 September 1916
Robert McGregor [St. Giles]	Fireman	52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	22 September 1885	28 August 1918
Wilbert Angus McLeod [Next of Kin]	Clerk	1st Battery, Canadian Garrison Artillery	Gunner	17 August 1893	9 August 1917
William Melville [Next of Kin, Winnipeg Police]	Police Constable	King’s Company 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards	Guardsman	15 October 1886	13 March 1915
John Milton [Next of Kin, Winnipeg Police]	Police Constable	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Sergeant	14 June 1890	1 August 1916
Garnet Leslie “Sport” Mitchell [Next of Kin]	Assistant to the Playground Commissioner, City of Winnipeg Playgrounds Department	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lieutenant	17 June 1893	20 April 1917
William Herbert Mumby [Winnipeg Hydro]	Lamp Trimmer, City of Winnipeg Light & Power	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	17 November 1888	27 September 1918
Henry Bertram Nason [Kelvin, Next of Kin, Wesley College]	Student (Science)	Lord Strathcona's Horse	Private	29 November 1895	1 December 1917
Joseph Outerson [Next of Kin, Winnipeg Police]	Police Officer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lieutenant	12 September 1883	19 November 1916
Arthur Ernest Payne MM [Next of Kin, Winnipeg Police]	Policeman	9th Company, Canadian Machine Gun Corps	Sergeant	26 March 1890	5 October 1916
Percy Walter Peach [Winnipeg Hydro]	Accountant, City of Winnipeg Light & Power	52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lieutenant	20 November 1885	12 October 1916
Thomas Roy Pearson [Next of Kin]	Fireman (No. 11 Station)	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	31 July 1888	9 May 1917
Frederick Henry Pope [Holy Trinity, Next of Kin, Winnipeg Police]	Police Constable	52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Company Sergeant Major	03 July 1888	19 January 1917
William Henty Rason	City Food Inspector	3rd Division Train, Canadian Army Service Corps	Captain	05 April 1890	5 November 1918
James William Rutledge [Congregational, Masonic, Next of Kin, Winnipeg Police]	Policeman	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	21 June 1881	8 October 1916
Ernest John Saville	Health Inspector, City of Winnipeg Health Department	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	30 May 1878	3 June 1917
Alexander Tocher Shand [Next of Kin, Winnipeg Police]	Policeman	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	30 April 1889	25 October 1916
Frederick Emerson Sprado [Next of Kin]	Surveyor, City of Winnipeg Surveyor's Department	Lord Strathcona's Horse	Lieutenant	28 July 1891	8 August 1918
George James Stewart	Clerk, City of Winnipeg Treasury Department	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lance Serjeant	05 May 1879	7 August 1916
Harold Tate Stroud	Fireman	56th Company, Royal Engineers	Sapper	?	15 June 1915
James Swanson CdeG [Next of Kin, Winnipeg Police]	Policeman	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Sergeant	12 May 1885	8 August 1918
William Wylie Templeton [Next of Kin, Winnipeg Police]	Policeman	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lance Corporal	22 July 1890	3 June 1916
Harry S. Thomas [Next of Kin]	City of Winnipeg Health Department	31st Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1 May 1889	15 September 1916
William Todd [Next of Kin, Winnipeg Hydro]	Electrician, City of Winnipeg Light & Power	87th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	19 April 1886	22 October 1916
George Tritton [Winnipeg Hydro]	Labourer, City of Winnipeg Light & Power	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lieutenant	12 August 1893	19 February 1918
Charles Vauleon	Jardinier, City of Winnipeg Health Department	14th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	12 December 1884	1 October 1918
John Douglas “Jack” Verner MC & Bar [Next of Kin, Wesley College]	Student	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Captain	05 May 1894	16 February 1919
F. Waites (Waite)	City of Winnipeg Engineering Department	?	?	?	?
Leslie Byatt Walker [Kinosota, Next of Kin, Winnipeg Police]	Police Constable	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	12 May 1894	14 June 1916
David Watson [Next of Kin, Winnipeg Police]	Police Constable	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Corporal	25 December 1889	9 April 1917
John O’Donnell Watson [Winnipeg Police]	Motor Mechanic / Garage Floorman	10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Corporal	July 28, 1886	22 April 1915
Cyril Clement Weary	Fireman	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Corporal	24 September 1891	6 November 1917

See also:

Manitoba Business: Green Blankstein Russell and Associates

Memorable Manitobans: Gerard Alphonsus “Gerry” Baert (1906-1971)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Titanic Plaque (City of Winnipeg)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: MacKenzie-Papineau Battalion Plaque (William Avenue, Winnipeg)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Winnipeg General Strike Plaque (William Avenue, Winnipeg)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Old City Hall Plaque (Princess Street, Winnipeg)

Memorable Manitobans: Hubert A. Garnier (1903-1987)

Sources:

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.

We thank Nathan Kramer, George Penner, and Glen Toews for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 30 April 2023

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