Wesley Hall Opened
JUNE 3, 1896: Wesley Hall, the first and most recognizable building on the University of Winnipeg campus, was designed jointly by architects George Brown & S. Frank Peters. The cornerstone had been laid June 26th 1894. It is a brick building with a façade of sandstone quarried near Elbow River, AB, which was brought to Calgary and then shipped by train. The cost of all contracts, from the stonework to the well & pump, was $71,700.32.
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