Provincial Gaol - Winnipeg MB - Retired Prisons on Waymarking.com

It was built between 1881 & 1883. The original architect was Walter Chesterton.
This building was the provincial jail receiving criminals from Manitoba, Northwest Territories and Ontario. Men, women and children were housed here in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and public executions held in the exercise yards. Facing up Vaughan Street, the more ornately decorated wing contained the warden's home.

By the end of the 1890s structural problems began to show themselves. The city hired Provincial architect Samuel Hooper to do the renovations on the building in 1909-10. He added a plainer face to the north wing and had the title of this building changed to "Provincial Gaol". The three stage cupola with weathervane was added at this time.

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Now empty, the building awaits another use.

Address: 444 York Ave Winnipeg , MB Canada R3C 0P9 Open to the public: No Hours: Not open to visitors Fees?: Not listed Web link: Not listed

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