The Confederation Building is a 10-story office building along the Exchange District of Winnipeg, Manitoba, built by architect J. Wilson Gray. Built in 1913, the building was originally owned and occupied by the Confederation Life Association. It stands tall and was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1976 for its Chicago school-influenced architecture. The plaque on the front of the building reads:The Confederation Building This ten story steel-framed office block is representative of early high-rise building construction technology in Winnipeg. Designed in the Chicago style of architecture by J. Wilson Gray of Toronto, it was erected in 1912 by the Carter-Halls-Aldinger Company of Winnipeg at a cost of $400,000.… Its style, use, and placement within Winnipeg's commercial core make it an enduring symbol of the city's great economic and spatial growth in the early twentieth century - Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada External links Confederation Building, via Emporis References Buildings and structures in downtown Winnipeg National Historic Sites in Manitoba Municipal Historical Resources of Winnipeg Office buildings completed in 1913 Chicago school architecture in Canada 1913 establishments in Manitoba