Brandon's City Hall and Opera House opened on New Year's Day 1892 with the Annual Fireman's Ball. The exterior of the building was designed by Brandon architect W.R. Marshall. At the south end was the Opera House, an auditorium formed by an internally exposed framework of delicate iron pillars and trusses. Demonlished in 1971, the limestone rubble of the foundations were turned into a sunken garden located in Princess Park.
Custodial History
See fonds level description of the Alf Fowler collection for custodial history.
Scope and Content
Photo was taken from the northwest corner of 9th Street and Princess Avenue and shows the west side of City Hall.
Notes
History/Bio information taken from the Assiniboine Historical Society's Brandon: An Architectural Walking Tour pamphlet (1982).
Location Copy
A 5" x 7" (b/w) reproduction of the photograph is located with the original.
Storage Range
RG 5 Western Manitoba Manuscript collection - photograph storage drawer
View is south southwest from the driveway. Photograph primarily shows Clark Hall, although the Brandon College Building is visible. The photograph pre-dates the sidewalk in front of the building.
Students of Darrach Hall. G. Hutton, F. Tanasychuk, S. Calvert, B. Foster, E. Ware, M. Deydey, T. Hall, B. Richards, R. Simpson, N. Fukui, D. McTavish, R. Smithson, E. Adams, J. Sandborn, E. Mann, K. Rucker, P. Spratt, D. Neufeld, D. Mack, D. Fedirchuk, J. Rickleman, J. Mills
Photograph was taken on the staircase in Clark Hall looking down to the main floor. The door to the President's Office and the entrance door (boarded over) are visible along with the bannnister for the staircase.
Clark Hall Door (Outside) Student Activity: Student Photo. Backrow at door jam: H.L. MacNeill, next left, J.L. Jordan; 54-57mm from left, 55mm from bottom, Robert Harvey, just above Harvey to left, A.J. Radley, to right, S.H. potter; 25mm from bottom, 62mm from right, A. Rutherford; A.E. Wright