Daniel McIntyre spent 43 years as Winnipeg School Division Superintendent bringing wisdom, imagination and innovation to the Winnipeg school system. The school bearing his name is an appropriately handsome tribute with an evident sense of history. In the early 1920s, the School Board asked architect Colonel John N. Semmens to design the school. Semmens viewed Daniel McIntyre Collegiate as the most important school in western Canada. It is a magnificent creation! Set on a limestone foundation this massive, two-storey school is a variation on Gothic Revival style known as Collegiate Gothic when used for educational institutions. It is loaded with Gothic details like the stunning entrance from the quad (above left) which features a smooth limestone peaked arch with Gothic tracery and quatrefoils over the door. Above the entry, a small section of the roofline is castellated and supports a pair of pointed pinnacles. More Gothic details abound on the side wings: oriel windows and a battlement (above right) supported by a large pilaster giving the impression of an elegant wine goblet. Daniel Mac alumni are diverse. Former students include 1950s Blue Bomber Cecil Luining (four Grey Cups), former Winnipeg mayor Bill Norrie, former CPR president and Senator Ian Sinclair, former Lieutenant Governor George Johnson, former premier Howard Pawley, bandleader Marsh Phimister, Guess Who guitarist Kurt Winter, painter/sculptor Bruce Head, singer/songwriter Stewart Fay, Blue Bomber Markus Howell and NHLers Ernie Dickens and Paul Platz. Group of Seven artist Frederick Varley painted a large portrait of Dr. Daniel McIntyre, which was presented to the school in 1940. Today the painting hangs imposingly in the school library.

 

Thanks to Linda and Reid Dickie for this description.