Link to:
Barns, Churches & Others | Grain Elevators | Sources
In early 1981, the Manitoba Co-operator newspaper, in collaboration with staff of the Manitoba Historic Resources Branch, began publishing a series of short articles on rural buildings around the province. Over the course of two years, the paper profiled over 130 buildings, often based on suggestions from readers. Buildings had to be over 50 years old and could include farm houses, barns, town halls, commercial buildings, schools, and other agricultural structures. In 1985, a collection was subsequently published by Co-operator Editor Bob Hainstock in the book Barns of Western Canada: An Illustrated Century for which he received a Margaret McWilliams Award.
The Manitoba Historical Society is attempting to determine how many of the buildings featured in the original Co-operator series are still standing today. If you have information on any of the following buildings, please contact Gordon Goldsborough at webmaster@mhs.mb.ca.
Building
Municipality
Status (Year)
Winnipeg
Intact (2014)
Thompson
Intact (2021)
Roland
Destroyed by fire (1994)
Minto
Intact (2011)
Archer Barn
Elm Creek area
?
Intact (2015)
Pembina
?
Neepawa
Intact (2014)
Bellamy Barn
Virden area
?
Bjornson House
Riverton area
?
Brandon
?
Brandon
?
Dauphin
?
Brown Barn
Carberry area
?
Lorne
Intact (2010)
Intact (2014)
Christie Barn
South Cypress
?
North Norfolk
Demolished (2012)
Lorne
Intact (2013)
Copping Barn
Rossburn area
?
Cornell Blacksmith Shop
Oak Lake
?
Kenville area
Demolished (2011)
Kenville area
Demolished (2011)
Demolished (after 2012)
Elton
?
South Cypress
Intact (2013)
Pembina
Not found (2013)
Delorme House
St. Norbert area
?
Desharnais Barn
St. Pierre area
?
Collapsed (2005-2006)
Pine Falls area (Alexander)
?
Dupont Barn
?
?
Dupont House
Winnipeg River
?
Dyck House
Steinbach
Ferguson Barn
Brandon area
?
Fillmore Barn
Clandeboye area
?
Intact (2013)
Balmoral, RM of Rockwood
Intact (2015)
Friesen Windmill
Steinbach
Mennonite Heritage Village Museum (reconstructed 2001)
Arborg area
Destroyed by Fire (1983)
Glencora Castle
Ashern area
?
Neepawa area
?
Winnipeg
Intact (2014)
Portage la Prairie
Fort la Reine Museum (2007)
Rhineland
Intact (2012)
Harper Barn
Brandon area
?
Hawkins Pump House
Balmoral area
?
Henwood Barn
Grandview area
?
Portage la Prairie
Intact (2014)
Hulbert House
Bethany area
Demolished
Albert
Intact (2014)
Dauphin
Intact (2014)
Rosedale
Intact (2014)
Montcalm
Intact (2015)
Neubergthal
Intact (2015)
Kranyk House
Sirko area
?
Lafournaise House
?
?
Landry Barn
?
?
Intact (2014)
Lewick House
Selkirk area
?
Minto
Intact (2013)
Lothian Barn
Pipestone area
?
Carman area [Dufferin]
Intact (2012)
?
McNaughton Barn
Brookdale area
?
McPherson Barn
?
?
Disassembled (1984)
Mennonite Church
Winkler area
Minnedosa
Intact and Restored (2012)
Mooney Barn
Wawanesa area
?
Moody Barn
Morris area
?
Demolished (2010)
Mustard Seed Chapel
Matlock area
?
Rhineland
?
Oblinski Barn
Darlingford area
?
Demolished (?)
Octagonal Barn
Wawanesa area
?
St. Andrews
Demolished (?)
Libau area
Demolished (?)
Demolished (after 1995)
Popke Farm
Rosebank area
?
Pritchard Barn
Holmfield area
?
Daly
Collapsed (2013)
Steinbach area
Intact (2015)
Robideaux Barn
Otterburne area
?
Macdonald
?
Rome Barn and Granary
Nesbitt area
?
Hartney area
?
Rostrowski Barn
Poplarfield area
?
St. Andrews
Intact (2012)
St. Anthony’s Church
Camp Morton area
?
Stuartburn
Intact (2013)
St. Francois Xavier
Intact (2014)
Pembina
Intact (2013)
St. Clements
Intact (2011)
Elton
Intact (2010)
Langford
?
Wallace
Intact (2013)
Intact (2014)
Shauman Barn
Lac du Bonnet area
?
Shields Barn
Brandon area
?
Woodworth
Demolished (2014)
Sims Barn
Argyle area
?
Sinclair Barn
Gunton area
?
Stackwall Barn
Camp Morton area
?
Riverton area [Bifrost]
Poor condition (2015)
Stone Smoke House
Virden area
?
Stonewall
Intact (2010)
Woodworth
?
Teichroeb Barn
Chortitz area
Teplyski Barn
Libau area
?
Thomson Barn
Hamiota area
?
DeSalaberry
Collapsed (2014)
Springfield
Intact (2012)
Ukrainian-style Barn
Vita area
?
Ukrainian-style House
Southeast Manitoba
?
St. Boniface
Demolished (?)
North Norfolk
Demolished (late 1980s or early 1990s)
Van Horne Farm
East Selkirk area
?
Demolished
Wasylyshen Granary
Grandview area
?
Whitemouth Canadian Pacific Railway Water Tower
Whitemouth
?
Hanover
?
Yakimishishyn Barn
Roblin area
?
Note: Buildings that could not be found at the location stated in the Butterfield (1994) report are identified here as “Not found.” If you know their location, please contact the MHS Webmaster.
See also:
Review: Bob Hainstock, Barns of Western Canada: An Illustrated Century by Tom Mitchell
Manitoba History, Number 14, Autumn 1987
The series “This Old Elevator” started in the Manitoba Co-operator in January 2016 and grain elevators featured in the series up to December 2019 are shown below.
Municipality
Location
Company
Publication Date
Altona
22 August 2019
Arborg
5 September 2019
Baldur
3 December 2019
Neelin
25 May 2017
Beausejour
24 May 2018
Riverton
25 October 2018
Boissevain
16 June 2016
Croll
3 May 2018
Brandon
2 March 2017
Cranmer
1 November 2018
Goodlands
4 July 2019
Medora
29 March 2018
Napinka
8 June 2017
Tyndall
28 January 2016
Dacotah
13 December 2018
Elie
14 December 2017
Cartwright
23 August 2018
Mather
6 June 2019
Dauphin
All
22 March 2018
Durstan Family
None
14 June 2018
Carey
10 March 2016
Dand
19 April 2018
Deloraine
12 April 2018
Hathaway
31 March 2016
Regent
12 May 2016
Barnsley
16 February 2017
Homewood
1 March 2018
Stephenfield
22 November 2018
Chillon
21 February 2019
McAuley
20 June 2019
Forrest
3 January 2019
Justice
29 November 2018
Smart Siding
22 December 2016
Dominion City
7 July 2016
Fredensthal West
19 September 2019
Ridgeville
16 March 2017
Ethelbert
31 August 2017
Dutton
11 August 2016
Arden
6 September 2018
Grandview
23 February 2017
Argue
13 April 2017
Elgin
29 June 2017
Fairfax
26 October 2017
Minto
13 September 2018
Underhill
7 April 2016
Culross
13 October 2016
Elm Creek
13 July 2017
Fannystelle
31 May 2018
Fannystelle
Private
5 May 2016
St. Claude
25 July 2019
McConnell
16 November 2017
Oakner
9 May 2019
Pope
4 April 2019
Newdale
5 April 2018
Sandy Lake
12 September 2019
Mile 10.6
3 October 2019
Killarney
6 April 2017
Ninga
27 November 2019
Makinak
1 February 2018
Rorketon
11 April 2019
Altamont
29 September 2016
Altamont
8 February 2018
Hubbell
25 February 2016
Indian Springs
24 August 2017
Mariapolis
23 June 2016
Somerset
27 October 2016
Swan Lake
15 November 2018
Brunkild
1 December 2016
Dipple Siding
5 October 2017
Domain
30 May 2019
Hoffman
Private
24 March 2016
La Salle
4 January 2018
Sanford
28 March 2019
McCreary
21 June 2018
Minnedosa
2 August 2018
Clanwilliam
7 September 2017
Moore Park
15 February 2018
Rufford/Cordova
26 July 2018
Kane
8 December 2016
Lowe Farm
27 April 2017
McTavish
8 March 2018
Morris
4 May 2017
Smiths Spur
10 November 2016
Sperling
14 January 2016
Fork River
2 May 2019
Winnipegosis
28 April 2016
Bellsite
26 April 2018
Birch River
11 February 2016
Neepawa
2 February 2017
Niverville
None
17 January 2018
Dobbin Family
None
7 June 2018
Rathwell
22 February 2018
Treherne
All
20 November 2019
Brookdale
2 June 2016
Brookdale
3 March 2016
Fairview
All
Gregg
10 January 2019
Mentmore
28 September 2017
Oberon
17 March 2016
Petrel
16 May 2019
Austin
20 April 2017
Rossendale
21 December 2017
Sidney
26 May 2016
Churchill
Government of Canada
12 July 2018
Rounthwaite / Nesbitt
18 May 2017
Moline
21 January 2016
Kaleida
13 June 2019
Manitou
6 July 2017
Private (Windsor)
Private
9 March 2017
Pipestone
10 October 2019
Woodnorth
11 January 2018
Burnside
12 January 2017
Curtis
10 August 2017
Fortier
18 April 2019
Oakville
20 July 2017
Oakville
12 October 2017
Rignold
1 September 2016
Belmont
27 September 2018
Dunrea
28 February 2019
Hilton
14 September 2017
Margaret
24 January 2019
Ninette
14 March 2019
Foxwarren
30 August 2018
Isabella
19 January 2017
Quadra
15 September 2016
Solsgirth
31 October 2019
Gretna
8 November 2018
Plum Coulee
16 August 2018
Angusville
20 October 2016
Silverton
9 August 2018
Ste. Agathe
17 October 2019
Pendennis
14 February 2019
Bield
21 July 2016
Roblin
15 August 2019
Shortdale
9 February 2017
Argyle
31 January 2019
Gunton
17 November 2016
Graham
23 November 2017
Jordan
19 October 2017
Myrtle
4 August 2016
Eden
25 January 2018
Franklin
28 June 2018
Kelwood
21 September 2017
Birdtail
30 March 2017
Vista
7 March 2019
Bergen
17 May 2018
Binscarth
8 September 2016
Millwood
11 July 2019
Russell
18 October 2018
Selkirk
29 August 2019
Griswold
15 June 2017
Newstead
24 November 2016
Souris
3 November 2016
Dugald
27 June 2019
Glass
15 December 2016
North Transcona
19 May 2016
Netley
15 March 2018
Elias Family
Private
23 May 2019
Ste. Anne
8 August 2019
Swan River
1 June 2017
Benito
All
21 March 2019
Cracknell
All
25 April 2019
Durban
10 May 2018
Dufresne
23 March 2017
The Pas
22 June 2017
Deerwood
4 February 2016
Miami
26 September 2019
Rosebank
17 January 2019
Cameron
26 January 2017
Coulter
5 January 2017
Elva
7 January 2016
Lyleton
4 October 2018
Olmstead
Private
6 December 2018
Tilston
9 June 2016
Cypress River
20 September 2018
Holland
3 August 2017
Hargrave
7 February 2019
Harmsworth
14 April 2016
Kirkella
9 November 2017
Virden Hargrave
1 August 2019
Beaver
20 December 2018
Cawdor
2 November 2017
Gladstone
6 October 2016
Golden Stream (Steele Bridge Farms)
5 July 2018
Golden Stream (Steele Bridge Farms)
19 July 2018
Katrime
18 July 2019
Plumas
18 August 2016
Westroc
28 July 2016
Alexander
11 October 2018
Elma
11 May 2017
Elma
30 November 2017
Whitemouth
30 June 2016
Winkler
All
13 November 2019
Fort Whyte
6 November 2019
Searle
18 February 2016
Warren
14 July 2016
Bryd
21 April 2016
Glossop
22 September 2016
Menzie
7 December 2017
Oakburn
25 August 2016
Strathclair
17 August 2017
We thank Ed Ledohowski for providing copies of the above profiles, and Bernice Still, Jean Ammeter, Glenn Elliott, David Gervin, Amy Cotton, Tod Rudge, Bernadine Brown, Madeleine Tone, Joyce Williamson, Elizabeth Martin, and Doug Irwin for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 16 October 2021
Historic Sites of Manitoba
This is a collection of historic sites in Manitoba compiled by the Manitoba Historical Society. The information is offered for historical interest only.
Browse lists of:
Museums/Archives | Buildings | Monuments | Cemeteries | Locations | OtherInclusion in this collection does not confer special status or protection. Official heritage designation may only come from municipal, provincial, or federal governments. Some sites are on private property and permission to visit must be secured from the owner.
Site information is provided by the Manitoba Historical Society as a free public service only for non-commercial purposes.
Send corrections and additions to this page
to the MHS Webmaster at webmaster@mhs.mb.ca.Help us keep history alive!
