This Winnipeg-based construction firm was operated by Alexander “Alex” Langford and Clement Arthur Birch.
Some of its construction work in Manitoba included:
Building
Location
Year
Status
Dominion Theatre (repairs)
175 Portage Avenue East, Winnipeg
1927
Demolished (1968)
House (repairs)
472 Alexander Avenue, Winnipeg
1927
Demolished (?)
House (repairs)
575 Jessie Avenue, Winnipeg
1927
Demolished (?)
Amer Auto Painting Building (repairs)
175 Carlton Street, Winnipeg
1928
Demolished (?)
591 Academy Road, Winnipeg
1928
Chalmers United Church
651 Spruce Street, Winnipeg
1928
Knights of Columbus Building (repairs)
282-294 Graham Avenue / 244 Smith Street, Winnipeg
1928
Demolished (1974)
National Block (repairs)
222 Logan Avenue, Winnipeg
1928
Demolished (?)
251 Bannerman Avenue, Winnipeg
1928
Weidman Warehouse (repairs)
244-246 Jarvis Avenue, Winnipeg
1928
Destroyed by fire (27 February 2024)
House (repairs)
1900 Pacific Avenue West, Winnipeg
1928
House (repairs)
590 Warsaw Avenue, Winnipeg
1928
Whitehall Apartments
100 Osborne Street North, Winnipeg
1929
Demolished (?)
Yale’s Billiards (repairs)
297 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg
1932
Demolished (?)
Princess Service Station
61 Princess Street, Winnipeg
1932
Demolished (?)
Shepherd House (repairs)
124 Middle Gate, Winnipeg
1933
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: Clement Arthur Birch (1888-1968)
Memorable Manitobans: Alexander “Alex” Langford (1887-1961)
“New apartment block to be erected at cost of $250,000,” Manitoba Free Press, 18 June 1927, page 22.
“Home building swells,” Manitoba Free Press, 2 July 1927, page 13.
“Fine apartments to be erected on Kennedy street,” Manitoba Free Press, 17 March 1928, page 26.
“Fine apartments to be erected on Kennedy street,” Manitoba Free Press, 26 May 1928, page 26.
“Winnipeg permits near $2,000,000 mark for 1928 season,” Manitoba Free Press, 7 April 1928, page 32.
Henderson’s Winnipeg and Brandon Directories, Henderson Directories Limited, Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Libraries.
“City briefs,” Winnipeg Tribune, 23 September 1932, page 2.
“This weeks permits,” Winnipeg Free Press, 31 December 1932, page 9.
“City building permits total $13,000 in week,” Winnipeg Tribune, 7 January 1933, page 2.
We thank Gordon Goldsborough for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Jordan Makichuk.
Page revised: 28 February 2024
