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200 AVENUE DE LA CATHEDRALE
UNIVERSITÉ DE SAINT-BONIFACE (ST. BONIFACE COLLEGE)
City of Winnipeg Historical Buildings & Resources Committee
Researcher: M. Peterson April 2018
This building embodies the following heritage values as described in the Historical Resources By-law, 55/2014 (consolidated update July 13, 2016):
(a) Opened in 1912 as a seminary, this structure had been an integral part of French language higher education in St. Boniface and Western Canada now achieving full university status;
(b) Now the Université de Saint-Boniface, it is associated with St. Boniface College, the first
and oldest college institution in Western Canada and the centre of post-secondary francophone education in Manitoba;
(c) This building stands as an excellent example of the Neo-Classical or Classical Revival
style applied to a large structure and was designed by noted Montréal architect Joseph-Ovide Turgeon;
(d) Built of clay brick and stone, the 1912 school and its 1924 addition are excellent
examples of the type of school building developed and built during this period; (e) It is a highly conspicuous building within its residential neighbourhood; and (f) The building’s exterior has suffered little alteration.
200 AVENUE DE LA CATHEDRALE – UNIVERSITÉ DE SAINT-BONIFACE (ST. BONIFACE COLLEGE)
The history of education in St. Boniface begins with the arrival of Father (later Bishop) Joseph-
Norbert Provencher (1787-1853), Plate 1, in the Red River Settlement in 1818.1 Sporadic
teaching occurred over the next several years and as was the custom of the time, it focused on
classics-based, religious training. The 1844 arrival of four sisters of Montréal’s Grey Nuns
Order provided another educational resource for Francophones in the area.
Alexandre-Antonin Taché (1823-1894), Plate 2, replaced Provencher at Bishop in 1851 and 1855
officially founded St. Boniface College (Plate 3). In 1871, the Collège de Saint-Boniface was
incorporated; the first college institution in Western Canada and six years later joined with St.
John’s and Manitoba colleges to found the University of Manitoba – although St. Boniface
College maintained full autonomy.2
In 1880, a new school building was completed on Avenue Provencher, an impressive structure
operated by the Jesuits (Society of Jesus)3 after 1885 (Plates 4 and 5). With several large
additions to the original,4 this facility would serve the French and English Catholic population
well into the 20th century with enrollment remaining fairly stable at approximately 300, including
150 boarders.5 Unfortunately, on November 24, 1922, a fire completely destroyed the building,
a teacher and nine students losing their lives (Plate 6).6
1 Carole Pelchat, “University College of St. Boniface, Manitoba,” in Encyclopédie du Patrimone Culturel
de’L’Amérique Française (Encyclopedia of Cultural Heritage of French America), online version, http://www.ameriquefrancaise.org/fr/article-185/Coll%C3%A8ge_universitaire_de_Saint- Boniface_au_Manitoba.html#.Wk1GkdKnGUk, 2007. Below as “Pelchat online history.”
2 Loc. cit. 3 Manitoba Free Press, June 17, 1922, p. 41. 4 “St. Boniface College,” Manitoba Organization, Manitoba Historical Society website. 5 “Pelchat online history.” The percentage of Francophones in Manitoba dropped dramatically from
approximately 50% in 1855 to 15.5% in 1881 and only 6.7% in 1891. 6 Manitoba Free Press, November 27, 1922, pp. 1 and 8. The small kitchen was the only part of the structure
that survived the fire. It became 607 Rue Langevin and for many years was used as the local CBC French language radio station - CKSB.
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St. Boniface Archbishop Mgr. Béliveau, recognizing that the diocese had three private schools
and funding was becoming more difficult, chose to relocate the College to an existing building,
rather than rebuild the destroyed facility.
The new home for the college would be in a fine building built behind the Cathedral, on Avenue
de la Cathédrale at the southwest corner of Rue Aulneau. Known as Le Petit Séminaire, it had
been opened in 1912 to provide modern facilities for the religious training of candidates for the
priesthood (Plates 7-10).
STYLE
This building stands as an excellent example of the Neo-Classical or Classical Revival style that
rose to popularity in the early 1900s as a reaction to the picturesqueness of the designs of the late
19th century. Common elements include columns, pediments, capitals and other Greek- and
Roman-based detailing. Designs were usually symmetrical, surfaces were smooth and rooflines
were often flat. Door and window openings were square headed rather than arched.7 Much of
the design work coming out of the Provincial Architects Office in the pre-World War I period
utilized this style, therefore, examples of it are found throughout the province for land titles
buildings, courthouses and other provincial facilities.
Examples in Winnipeg are numerous and include the Thomas Scott Memorial Orange Lodge, 216
Princess Street (completed in 1903), Imperial Bank of Commerce, 441 Main Street (1906), the
Bank of Nova Scotia, 254 Portage Avenue (1910) and the Bank of Montreal, 335 Main Street
(1913). Government buildings also used the style extensively: Provincial Land Titles Building, 433
Broadway (1903-1904), Law Courts Building, 411 Broadway (1912-1916), the Legislative
Building, 450 Broadway (1913-1920) and Powerhouse, 219 Memorial Boulevard (1914).
Institutional examples would include the Administration Buildings at the Manitoba Agricultural
7 Identifying Architectural Styles in Manitoba (Winnipeg, MB: Department of Culture, Heritage and
Citizenship, 1991), p. 18.
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College, 139 Tuxedo Avenue (1906) and at its Fort Garry Campus (now University of Manitoba),
66 Chancellors Circle (1913).
CONSTRUCTION
The original building measures approximately 54.9 x 15.6 metres and cost of construction in 1911-
1912 was approximately $225,000.8 The three-storey, U-shaped, stone clad structure rests on a
raised stone foundation, 0.9 metres thick9 and was designed with a central block running east with
attached wings at either end. The centre domed cupola rises 40.9 metres above grade and attached
to the east wing (kitchen) was a one-storey ice house and 2- and 3-storey chapel/dormitory
building (Plate 11).
The building suffered through two fires during construction in 1912. The first, on June 26, began in
the dome and damaged the interior of the central portion, which was nearing completion. The
damage was estimated at $50,000.10 The second fire, in August, again damaged part of the central
portion of the building, delaying completion by approximately one month.11
As the institution grew, enrollment expanded and new courses were offered, the original building
was added to on several occasions (see Appendix I for technical information on the original building
and its numerous additions). Shortly after the College moved into the building, an addition at the
rear of the west wing was designed and completed by 1924 (Plates 12 and 13). The addition held
dormitories, study halls and a recreation hall with stage.12 A gymnasium was added in 1955 (Plate
14).
8 S. Grover, “Old St. Boniface: A Study of its Urban Growth and Historic Built Environment,” report for the
City of Winnipeg Historical Buildings Committee, 1991, p. 57. 9 City of Winnipeg Assessment Record, Roll No. 720701-St. Boniface, PC 79. 10 Manitoba Free Press, June 27, 1912, pp. 1 and 3. 11 Manitoba Free Press, August 31, 1912, p. 7. 12 Manitoba Free Press, April 5, 1924, p. 6.
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DESIGN
The front (north) façade is clad completely in limestone and is dominated by the pedimented,
grand order, centrally-placed entrance accessed by a wide flight of stairs (Plate 15). It features
oversized bracketing, unfluted attached and unattached Doric Order columns with plain bases
and voluted capitals, arched openings with keystones on the ground floor, rectilinear openings on
the second level and arched openings on the top floor, a complete entablature with frieze with
carved “COLLÈGE UNIVERSITAIRE DE SAINT-BONIFACE” and dentilled pediment with
carved figures and topped by a statue (Plates 16 and 17).13 The remainder of the front façade
features arched window openings on the ground floor, rectilinear openings on the upper two
storeys (with arched pediments above the second floor openings) and slightly projecting sections
at either end finished by pediments with carved figures. The complex roof features a metal-clad
parapet, two ornate towers at the east and west ends (Plate 18) and a central, domed metal clad
cupola (Plate 19).
The east end of the original building is clad in stone and features arched window openings, an
ornately treated circular window opening on the upper level, complete entablature and metal clad
parapet (Plate 20). The visible portions of the west end of the original building show similar
stone cladding and entablature and metal clad parapet, the window openings are a combination
of rectilinear and arched (Plate 21).
The visible portion of the original rear (south) façade features brick walls, rectilinear window
openings and a plainer roof treatment and metal clad parapet (Plate 22).
The oldest addition to the facility was completed on the south end of the west wing of the
original building and continues the stone cladding, fenestration and roof treatments on the north
and west façades while the rear façade is clad in brick and much plainer (Plates 23 and 24).
13 C. Pelchat, Archivist, University of St. Boniface. The statue is “curé d’Ars”, the patron saint of secular
priests and was installed while the building was still the Junior Seminary.
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Other additions have been completed to the original building and most are designed as a modern
interpretation of the original (Plates 25-27).
INTERIOR
According to contemporary accounts, the interior of the original building included a chapel in east
wing of the building (Plate 28) and dormitory space for approximately 100 students.14 The chapel
is one of the more original spaces (Plates 29 and 30).
The 1924 addition included a recreational room where one could find lockers, ping-pong tables,
pool tables, shuffleboard and a one-lane bowling alley in the basement. The main floor was used
as an academic hall which featured a stage (this hall was used by the francophone community at
large). The 2nd and 3rd floors were reserved for the dormitories.15
With additions and changes in curriculum, interior spaces for the 100+ year old structure have
necessarily been altered, modernized and re-organized. Today, the campus is a complex group of
connected buildings and little remains of the original finishes or layout of any of pre-1960 buildings
(Plates 31-35).
INTEGRITY
The building stands on its original site and appears to be in good structural condition. Window
replacement throughout has affected the appearance of the building although there are still many
original details and the overall layout/design has remained unaltered.
14 Manitoba Free Press, April 13, 1911, p. 15. 15 Information furnished by C. Pelchat, Archivist, University of St. Boniface.
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STREETSCAPE
The original building, set in a mainly residential section of St. Boniface, is a commanding presence
within its streetscape. Expansion of the complex has increased this presence over time.
On the east side of the building stands a statue of Louis Riel, created by Marcien Lemay and
Etienne Gaboury, moved to this location from the grounds of the Legislative Building amid public
controversy in November 1995 (Plate 36).16
ARCHITECT/CONTRACTORS
The designer of the 1911 building was Montréal architect Joseph-Ovide Turgeon (1875-1933) –
Plate 37. Born in Montreal in 1875, he studied at the Collège de Montréal and then worked in
the offices of Jean-Baptiste Resther et Fils, a well-known local firm. After several years of
collaboration with various architects, Turgeon opened his own practice in 1900, which included
church buildings throughout the province and a wide variety of structures in Montréal. One of
his more noted works was Saint-Édouard Church (1907-1909) – Plates 38 and 39. He was a
member of the Quebec Association of Architects, the Royal Institute of Architectural Canada,
Club Saint-Denis and director of the prestigious Canadian Club. He died in Montréal in 1933.17
This was one of the few known works of Turgeon found outside of the Province of Quebec and
the first Turgeon design evaluated by the Historical Buildings and Resources Committee.
Contractor for the structure was Joseph H. Tremblay Company, a local builder who was also
responsible for the Gauthier Block, 552 Rue Des Meurons (1906); St. Boniface Fire Hall No. 1, 212
Rue Dumoulin (1907); Canadian Northern Railway Freight Sheds, Main Street (The Forks), 1908;
Carnegie Library, 380 William Avenue (1908 – Grade II); Winnipeg Fire Hall No. 9, 1466 William
16 C. Pelchat, Archivist, University of St. Boniface. 17 “Images Montréal” website (imtl.org), 2005-2009; “Turgeon, Joseph-Ovide” in Répertoire du patrimoine
culturel du Québec, www.patrimoine-culturel.gouv.qc.ca/rpcq /detail.do?methode=consulter&id= 12512&type=pge#.Wk5KBdKnGUk), 2013; and “Turgeon, Joseph-Ovide” in Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada, 1800-1950, www.dictionaryofarchitectsincanada.org/node/1369, 2016.
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Avenue (List of Historical Resources – 1909); Greenway School No. 1, 850 St. Matthews Avenue
(1909 – demolished); the first Kelvin High School, 155 Kingsway (1911 – demolished); and Union
Stock Yards Administration Building and Powerhouse, 780 Marion Street (1912 – demolished).
The Company, which became J.H. Tremblay and Sons with the additions of sons Joseph A. (vice-
president), Joseph D. (superintendent), Joseph P. (secretary-treasurer) and Joseph S. (bookkeeper)
Tremblay,18 also was awarded contracts on the Winnipeg/Shoal Lake Aqueduct (1914-1918).
PERSON/INSTITUTION
The educational institution that was Le Petit Séminaire changed dramatically after the destruction of
St. Boniface College in 1922. Forced to expand with an increase in student population, it built a
modern addition (dormitories and recreation hall) and began advertising its new home (Plate 40).
The institution continued to evolve (Plate 41), reflecting societal changes: women entered the
classroom in 1959, continuing education was introduced in the 1960s and in 1969, the institution
transitioned to a secular administration.19 In 1975, technical and professional programs were
introduced and in 1982, high school courses were transferred out of the school.20
In 2011, provincial legislation created the Université de Saint-Boniface, giving the institution full
university status, independent and continuing its affiliation with the University of Manitoba.21
EVENT
There is no known important historical event connected with this building.
18 Henderson’s Directory, 1915. 19 “Pelchat online history.” The Jesuits left the school in 1967, the Archdiocese of St. Boniface directed the
school for two years until it was taken over by a mostly lay member board of 20. 20 C. Pelchat and M. Verrette, “Brief History,” University of St. Boniface website, ustboniface.ca/en/brief-
history, 2017. 21 Winnipeg Free Press, April 29, 2011, online edition.
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CONTEXT
This structure was originally completed as another of the religious-based, Roman Catholic
educational facilities built in St. Boniface prior to World War I. Transformed after a tragic fire, it
has functioned for nearly 100 years as the centre of Francophone higher education in Manitoba first
as the College and then the University of St. Boniface.
LANDMARK
Its long-time use as the region’s leading Francophone educational institution, the quality of its
design and materials and its scale heighten the St. Boniface College building’s conspicuousness and
its heritage landmark status in the City.
APPENDIX I
CITY OF WINNIPEG - Preliminary Report
Building Address: 200 Avenue De La Cathedrale Building Name: Université de Saint-Boniface (St. Boniface College) Original Use: educational Current Use: educational Roll No. (Old): 06072070100 (---) RSN: 62236 Municipality: St. Boniface Ward: --- Property or Occupancy Code: 79 Legal Description: 76 & 80 St. Boniface, Plan 8073, Lot 6 and Plan 29300, Lot 4 Location: southwest corner Rue Aulneau Date of Construction: 1910-1912 + Storeys: 3 + B Heritage Status: NOMINATED LIST Construction Type: brick and stone foundation Building Permits (Plans available: [CS] City Storage; [M] Microfilm):
SEE TWO PAGES DOWN Information: - 1973-1975 work: temporary buildings moved; swimming pool and 2-storey addition demolished; addition
built; 1910 building completely updated (heating, plumbing & electrical, floors, walls, partitioning & ceiling), 2nd floor chapel (west wing) renovated; minor alterations to 1955 & 1960 buildings
- Permit 6434/1972: 2nd floor of 1924 building renovated, windows (including window air conditioners)
replaced with aluminum units - 2001-2006- Student Centre (and renovations to College) designed by Gaboury Préfontaine Perry Architects
includes infill of interior courtyard, renovate existing cafeteria in the lower level, partition walls in reception area on main level and partition walls on the 2nd floor
- Permit 118202/2008: construct new physics lab on the second floor and new chemistry/micro-biology lab on
the third floor ARCHITECT – TURGEON, JOSEPH-OVIDE (MONTRÉAL) – 1910 CONTRACTOR – JOSEPH H. TREMBLAY COMPANY (1910)
AVENUE DE LA CATHEDRALE Buildings:
#1- Built 1910; 710,220 cu. ft.; 3 storeys + basement; 3’ stone foundation walls; front & east side- stone walls, west & south walls- solid brick; 10’ ceilings in basement and all floors
#2- Built 1924; 3 storeys + basement; 87 x 54½ x 57 + = 328,833 cu. ft.; stone foundation, solid brick
superstructure; ceilings: B- 11’ and 1st-3rd- 14’; architect- Alphonse Piche, Montréal (original plans);contractors- Brunet & Desrosiers (Manitoba Free Press, June 24, 1924, p. 2 and original plans); stage & auditorium on ground floor, dormitories on second and third floors (original plans)
#3- Built 1954-1955; 1 storey gymnasium; 59 x 108 x 26 + = 185,432 cu. ft.; brick on concrete block;
22’-25’ ceilings; architect- Louis P. Gauthier, Montréal (original plans); consulting engineer- Paul DeGuise, Montréal (original plans); all windows closed in in 1975
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#4- Built 1960; 4 storeys + basement; 39½ x 94 x 47 + = 190,858 cu. ft.; concrete basement, 3 sides
tyndal stone on concrete block, 1 side brick on concrete block; ceilings- B- 12’ (rooms) & 8’ (corridor), 1st-4th- 10’
#5- Built 1973; 3 storeys + basement; reinforced concrete and masonry; completed and occupied by
September 1974; 8” reinforced concrete foundation, superstructure is 4” tyndal veneer, 2” rigid insulation and 8” concrete block; ceilings- B- 12’3”, 1st- 15½’, 2nd & 3rd- 11’, auditorium- 25’
#6- Built 1975; gymnasium & library; 1, 2 & 3 storey sections; walls- 12” concrete block, 2” rigid
insulation & 4” tyndal veneer #7- Built 1989; 76½ x 70 x 20 + = 5,878 cu. ft. #8- Built 2006 – new Student Centre #9- Built 2009 (opened 2011) – Centre de santé Marcel A. Desautels (Prairie Architects Inc.)
Building Permits (Plans available: [CS] City Storage; [M] Microfilm):
YEAR NO. PLANS AMOUNT DESCRIPTION 1911 521 Original – St. Boniface Building Permit 1911 524 Originals – St. Boniface Building Permit 1922 3432 CS Addition – St Boniface Building Permit (appears to be
electrical plans for the addition completed in 1924 – Building #2)
1924 3917 CS Addition, Building #2 – St Boniface Building Permit 1943 7066 CS Interior alterations (plumbing & steam heat to Sisters’
Residence) 1955 12095 Addition (gymnasium, Building #3) – St Boniface
Building Permit 1965 2972 $3,600 Alterations to Building #1 1969 2369 $1,800 Alterations to Building #1 1970 4322 $8,000 Alterations to Building #1 1970 5542 $80,000 Interior alterations to Building #1 (3rd floor) 1972 6434 $59,500 Interior alterations to Building #2 1973 2121 $53,000 Building #5 (pilings) and some demolition work via
Permit 940/1973 1973 3418 $245,000 Building #5 1973 6342 $754,000 Building #5 (superstructure) 1974 3739 $20,000 Alterations to Building #1 1974 5341 $250,000 Alterations to Building #1 1974 9028 $100,000 Building #6 (pilings) 1974 9533 $350,000 Building #6 (structural framing) 1975 846 $847,000 Building #6 (superstructure) 1975 7640 $145,000 Interior alterations to 3rd floor chapel, Building #1 1979 3868 $15,000 Window replacement on Building #1
YEAR NO. PLANS AMOUNT DESCRIPTION 1980 1411 $9,000 Window replacement on Building #1 1984 790 CS Interior alterations 1986 11849 CS Interior alterations 1988 1256 $100,000 Building #7 (foundation) 1988 1612 CS Interior alterations 1988 2619 CS $1,181,000 Building #7 (superstructure) 1989 5980 CS Interior alterations 1990 5295 CS Interior alterations 1991 201 CS $41,000 Removal of roof of Building #4 1991 552 CS/M $1,260,000 4th floor added to Building #4 1991 4759 CS Interior alterations 1992 5491 CS Interior alterations 1994 7496 $29,000 Interior alterations 1995 5355 CS $55,000 Erect statue 2001 179421 CS $2,700,000 Interior/exterior alterations & addition (Building #8) 2001 188377 CS $300,000 Foundation only 2005 131457 CS $80,000 Construction new stairs on north elevation 2008 118202 CS $795,000 Interior alterations 2009 168890 CS $11,500,000 Construct 2-storey addition (Building #9)- foundation
via Permit #105945/2010 (CS); structural framing via #128153/2010 (CS); superstructure via #132559/2010
2014 124851 CS $700,000 Renovate basement locker room 2015 172000 CS $797,000 Exterior and interior alterations to science lab 2016 108655 CS $150,000 Interior alterations to basement corridor 2017 130576 CS $1,600,000 Construct loading dock addition
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Plate 1 – Joseph-Norbert Provencher (1787-1853), no date. (Courtesy of Service des archives de
l’Université de Saint-Boniface, F001-026-021.)
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Plate 2 - Alexandre-Antonin Taché (1823-1894), no date. (Société historique de Saint-Boniface,
SHSB General Collection, SHSH 8850.)
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Plate 3 – The original St. Boniface College building, Masson and Taché. The structure was built
between 1855 and 1857 and was used until the students transferred to the new building in 1881. It was demolished in 1929 (information courtesy of C. Pelchat, Archivist, University of St. Boniface). (Société historique de Saint-Boniface, SHB8329.)
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Plate 4 – St. Boniface College, Boulevard Provencher, ca.1900. (Archives of Manitoba, “St.
Boniface-College 1881-1, N25189.)
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Plate 5 – St. Boniface College, Boulevard Provencher, ca.1920. (Société historique de Saint-
Boniface, SHSB1749.)
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Plate 6 – Smouldering remains of St. Boniface College, Boulevard Provencher, November 1922.
(Courtesy of Collège universitaire de Saint-Boniface, Service des archives du CUSB.)
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Plate 7 – Architect’s rendering of the new Le Petit Séminaire, 1910. (Service des archives de
l’Université de Saint-Boniface.)
200 AVENUE DE LA CATHEDRALE – UNIVERSITÉ DE SAINT-BONIFACE (ST. BONIFACE COLLEGE)
Plate 8 – Construction continuing on Le Petit Séminaire, Avenue de la Cathedrale, ca.1911.
(Société historique de Saint-Boniface, SHSB3437 [left] and SHSB3600 [right].)
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Plate 9 – Two early views of the completed Seminary Building, Avenue de la Cathedrale. The
top shows the front (north) and west façades, no date and the bottom, the front and east façades, ca.1912. (Top image: Société historique de Saint-Boniface, collection Musée de Saint-Boniface, MSB0629; bottom image: Société historique de Saint-Boniface, SHSB2706a.)
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Plate 10 – Early photograph of students and staff posed on the front steps of Le Petit Séminaire,
200 Avenue de la Cathedrale, ca.1915. (Archives of Manitoba, “St Boniface-Petit Seminaire 1915-5,” N9354.)
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Plate 11 – St. Boniface Fire Atlas, Vol. XIX, Sheet 1910, April 1919. (City of Winnipeg.)
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Plate 12 – “Facade Laterale”, Architect’s Drawing, 1924 addition (west façade). Architect
Alphonse Piche, Montréal, contractors Brunet and Desrosiers. (City of Winnipeg, St. Boniface Permit #3917/1924.)
200 AVENUE DE LA CATHEDRALE – UNIVERSITÉ DE SAINT-BONIFACE (ST. BONIFACE COLLEGE)
Plate 13 – St. Boniface College, ca.1940 showing the 1924 addition (arrow). (Société historique
de Saint-Boniface, SHSB13757.)
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Plate 14 – Architect’s rendering for the 1955 gymnasium addition. The architect, M. Louis
Gauthier of Montreal, was a former student of the College. (Newspaper clipping of La Liberté et le Patriote, courtesy of the Service des archives de l’Université de Saint-Boniface.)
200 AVENUE DE LA CATHEDRALE – UNIVERSITÉ DE SAINT-BONIFACE (ST. BONIFACE COLLEGE)
Plate 15 – St. Boniface College (University of St. Boniface), 200 Avenue De La Cathedrale,
front (north) façade, 2018. (M. Peterson, 2018.)
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Plate 16 – St. Boniface College (University of St. Boniface), 200 Avenue De La Cathedrale,
detail of main (north) entrance, 2016. (M. Peterson, 2016.)
200 AVENUE DE LA CATHEDRALE – UNIVERSITÉ DE SAINT-BONIFACE (ST. BONIFACE COLLEGE)
Plate 17 – St. Boniface College (University of St. Boniface), 200 Avenue De La Cathedrale,
detail of front (north) façade, 2018. (M. Peterson, 2018.)
200 AVENUE DE LA CATHEDRALE – UNIVERSITÉ DE SAINT-BONIFACE (ST. BONIFACE COLLEGE)
Plate 18 – St. Boniface College (University of St. Boniface), 200 Avenue De La Cathedrale,
northeast corner tower, 2018. (M. Peterson, 2018.)
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Plate 19 – St. Boniface College (University of St. Boniface), 200 Avenue De La Cathedrale,
cupola, 2018. (M. Peterson, 2018.)
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Plate 20 – St. Boniface College (University of St. Boniface), 200 Avenue De La Cathedrale, east
façade of the original building, 2016. (M. Peterson, 2016.)
Plate 21 – St. Boniface College (University of St. Boniface), 200 Avenue De La Cathedrale,
visible portion of west façade of the original building (arrow), 2016. (M. Peterson, 2016.)
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Plate 22 – St. Boniface College (University of St. Boniface), 200 Avenue De La Cathedrale,
visible portion of rear (south) façade of the original building (arrow), 2016. (M. Peterson, 2016.)
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Plate 23 – St. Boniface College (University of St. Boniface), 200 Avenue De La Cathedrale,
north and west façades of 1924 addition (arrows), 2016. (M. Peterson, 2016.)
Plate 24 – St. Boniface College (University of St. Boniface), 200 Avenue De La Cathedrale,
south façade of 1924 addition, 2018. (M. Peterson, 2018.)
200 AVENUE DE LA CATHEDRALE – UNIVERSITÉ DE SAINT-BONIFACE (ST. BONIFACE COLLEGE)
Plate 25 – St. Boniface College (University of St. Boniface), 200 Avenue De La Cathedrale, east
façade, 1973 addition (arrow), 2018. (M. Peterson, 2018.)
200 AVENUE DE LA CATHEDRALE – UNIVERSITÉ DE SAINT-BONIFACE (ST. BONIFACE COLLEGE)
Plate 26 – St. Boniface College (University of St. Boniface), 200 Avenue De La Cathedrale, west
and south façades, 1960 addition (arrows), 2018. The top floor, a mechanical penthouse, was added in 1991. (M. Peterson, 2018.)
Plate 27 – St. Boniface College (University of St. Boniface), 200 Avenue De La Cathedrale,
north and west façades, 1954 gymnasium, 2018. (M. Peterson, 2018.)
200 AVENUE DE LA CATHEDRALE – UNIVERSITÉ DE SAINT-BONIFACE (ST. BONIFACE COLLEGE)
Plate 28 – Original altar of the Chapel, 1912. (Société historique de Saint-Boniface, SHSB7185.)
200 AVENUE DE LA CATHEDRALE – UNIVERSITÉ DE SAINT-BONIFACE (ST. BONIFACE COLLEGE)
Plate 29 – St. Boniface College (University of St. Boniface), 200 Avenue De La Cathedrale, east
side of 1910 chapel, 2018. (M. Peterson, 2018.)
200 AVENUE DE LA CATHEDRALE – UNIVERSITÉ DE SAINT-BONIFACE (ST. BONIFACE COLLEGE)
Plate 30 – St. Boniface College (University of St. Boniface), 200 Avenue De La Cathedrale,
south end of 1910 chapel, 2018. (M. Peterson, 2018.)
200 AVENUE DE LA CATHEDRALE – UNIVERSITÉ DE SAINT-BONIFACE (ST. BONIFACE COLLEGE)
Plate 31 – St. Boniface College (University of St. Boniface), 200 Avenue De La Cathedrale,
interior wooden support structure for the cupola, 2018. (M. Peterson, 2018.)
200 AVENUE DE LA CATHEDRALE – UNIVERSITÉ DE SAINT-BONIFACE (ST. BONIFACE COLLEGE)
Plate 32 – St. Boniface College (University of St. Boniface), 200 Avenue De La Cathedrale,
original mosaic tile floor, main entrance, 1910 building, 2018. (M. Peterson, 2018.)
200 AVENUE DE LA CATHEDRALE – UNIVERSITÉ DE SAINT-BONIFACE (ST. BONIFACE COLLEGE)
Plate 33 – St. Boniface College (University of St. Boniface), 200 Avenue De La Cathedrale,
examples of original wood moulding, 1910 building basement (top) and third floor (bottom), 2018. (M. Peterson, 2018.)
200 AVENUE DE LA CATHEDRALE – UNIVERSITÉ DE SAINT-BONIFACE (ST. BONIFACE COLLEGE)
Plate 34 – St. Boniface College (University of St. Boniface), 200 Avenue De La Cathedrale,
interior of 1955 gymnasium looking southwest, 2018. (M. Peterson, 2018.)
200 AVENUE DE LA CATHEDRALE – UNIVERSITÉ DE SAINT-BONIFACE (ST. BONIFACE COLLEGE)
Plate 35 – St. Boniface College (University of St. Boniface), 200 Avenue De La Cathedrale,
examples of renovated space in the 1924 building (left – 3rd floor) and 1960 building (right – basement), 2018. (M. Peterson, 2018.)
200 AVENUE DE LA CATHEDRALE – UNIVERSITÉ DE SAINT-BONIFACE (ST. BONIFACE COLLEGE)
Plate 36 – St. Boniface College (University of St. Boniface), 200 Avenue De La Cathedrale, east
side with Louis Riel Statue, 2016. (M. Peterson, 2016.)
200 AVENUE DE LA CATHEDRALE – UNIVERSITÉ DE SAINT-BONIFACE (ST. BONIFACE COLLEGE)
Plate 37 – Joseph-Ovide Turgeon, no date. (Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec.)
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Plate 38 – Saint-Édouard Church, 6500 Rue de Saint-Vallier, Montréal, PQ, no date.
(Reproduced from www.memorablemontreal.com/document/xml/EN/l_000056.xml.)
200 AVENUE DE LA CATHEDRALE – UNIVERSITÉ DE SAINT-BONIFACE (ST. BONIFACE COLLEGE)
Plate 39 – Interior of Saint-Édouard Church, 6500 Rue de Saint-Vallier, Montréal, PQ, 2012.
(Reproduced from wcs4.blogspot.ca/2012/06/eglise-saint-edouard.html.)
Plate 40 – Newspaper advertisement for Saint Boniface College, Avenue De La Cathedrale,
1924. (Reproduced from Manitoba Free Press, August 4, 1924, p. 7.)
200 AVENUE DE LA CATHEDRALE – UNIVERSITÉ DE SAINT-BONIFACE (ST. BONIFACE COLLEGE)
Plate 41 – St. Boniface College (University of St. Boniface), 200 Avenue De La Cathedrale,
(arrow). This image predates the 1955 gymnasium addition. (Archives of Manitoba, “St. Boniface 29”.)