Buildings
Earl Grey School
Address: | 340 Cockburn Street |
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Use: | Educational |
Original Use: | Educational |
Constructed: | 1914 |
Other Work: | Large gymnasium addition in 1965 |
Architects: | Winnipeg School Division, in-house (1965) |
Contractors: | B.F. Klassen Construction, Ltd. (1965) |
Design Characteristics
Suburb: | Earl Grey |
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- There is only one way to add to a 1914 old beauty of a school, and that is with panache - while the 1965 gym added to Earl Grey School is not large, it was added in the study because it is a rare example of its type; to a compact cube of brown brick was added a wavy roofline with projecting eaves in contrasting metal
- The waves probably simply continue the steel trusses of the roof but on the exterior it is both whimsical and attention-grabbing
- The gym addition is linked on the northwest side of the building and lets onto the rear yard
- Earl Grey School was a Canadian pilot project as the first middle years school