This three-storey brick building on the Fort Garry Campus of the University of Manitoba was designed by local architects Samuel Hooper and Victor Horwood, and built in 1913 by Thomas Kelly and Sons as part of the Manitoba Agricultural College. It originally housed the Department of Agricultural Engineering, and was built with brick and limestone for fireproofing measures.
On 19 October 1987, a wing of the building was opened in honour of Edward Phillips Fetherstonhaugh who was Dean of Engineering from 1921 to 1949.
Engineering I Building (no date)
Source: Archives of Manitoba, George Harris Fonds, Acc. 1979-141, P7447, Album 2, Page 31.
Engineering I Building (January 2021)
Source: Rose Kuzina
Engineering I Building (April 2021)
Source: George Penner
Engineering I Building (April 2025)
Source: Milan Lukes
Fetherstonhaugh plaque at the entrance to the Engineering I Building (April 2025)
Source: Milan LukesSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.80845, W97.13310
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: Samuel Hooper (1851-1911)
Memorable Manitobans: Victor William Horwood (1878-1939)
Manitoba Business: Kelly Brothers / Manitoba Construction Company / Kelly Brothers and Mitchell / Thomas Kelly and Sons
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Agricultural College / University of Manitoba (Fort Garry Campus, Winnipeg)
Memorable Manitobans: Edward Phillips Fetherstonhaugh (1879-1959)
The Manitoba Provincial Architect's Office (1904-1916) by Erin A. M. Booth, MA Thesis, University of Winnipeg, November 1994, footnote #228.
We thank Rose Kuzina, George Penner, and Milan Lukes for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 7 May 2025
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