Dauphin Town Hall

Dauphin Town Hall is a Manitoba Heritage Council commemoration in Dauphin, Manitoba.

Manitoba · 104 First Avenue N.W., Dauphin · location approximate

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This imposing brick building was erected in 1904–05 to replace an earlier wooden structure destroyed by fire New Year's morning of 1904. Designed by Stuart Geekie, a Dauphin architect and local politician, this Romanesque Revival-style building accommodated a variety of services—town hall offices, courthouse and jail, fire hall and an auditorium. In 1956 the building became the headquarters for the Dauphin RCMP and the Fire Department. This building has been the home of the Dauphin Allied Arts Centre Inc., since 1973. On June 9, 1985 the Centre was officially renamed the Dr. Vernon Watson Arts Centre in memory of the guiding spirit behind the formation of the Dauphin Allied Arts Council.

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Cet imposant édifice en briques a été érigé entre 1904 et 1905, pour remplacer l’ancienne structure en bois détruite par un incendie le matin du Jour de l’An 1904. Conçu par Stuart Geekie, architecte de Dauphin et politicien de l’endroit, cet édifice néo-roman a abrité plusieurs services : bureaux de mairie, salle d’audience, prison, caserne d’incendie et auditorium. En 1956, l’édifice a été transformé en quartier général de la gendarmerie royale de Dauphin et en caserne d’incendie; il abrite le Dauphin Allied Arts Centre Inc. depuis 1973. Le 9 juin 1985, ce centre a été officiellement rebaptisé Dr. Vernon Watson Arts Centre, à la mémoire de l’âme dirigeante de la création du Dauphin Allied Arts Council.

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Plaque text and location: Manitoba Heritage Council Commemorative Plaques, Historic Resources Branch, Government of Manitoba, as the Branch publishes them on its plaque pages. The text is the Manitoba Heritage Council’s text as the Branch publishes it; the pin on this page is ours, worked out from the location the Branch gives and marked approximate. Contains information from the Government of Manitoba, licensed under the OpenMB Information and Data Use License (Manitoba.ca/OpenMB)
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