Manitoba Business: Pain and Roe

This Winnipeg-based construction firm was established by Franklin Coulson Pain and John Alexander Roe.

Some of its construction works in Manitoba included:

Building	Location	Year	Status
Tabernacle Baptist Church	155 Bannerman Avenue, Winnipeg	1923
House (repairs)	31 Mortimer Place, Winnipeg	1927
Holland Creamery Warehouse (repairs and alterations)	291 Owena Street, Winnipeg	1927	Demolished (?)
House (foundation)	374 College Avenue, Winnipeg	1927
Canadian Czechoslovak Benevolent Association Building (alterations)	154 Mckenzie Street, Winnipeg	1927
Brown Block (repairs)	207 Princess Street, Winnipeg	1928	Demolished (?)
House (repairs)	209 Chestnut Street, Winnipeg	1928
St. James Hotel	1719 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg	1928
Union Auto Garage Building	158 Fort Street, Winnipeg	1928
Bank of Toronto Building	98 Sherbrook Street, Winnipeg	1929
Garage (alterations)	203 Harvard Avenue, Winnipeg	1929
Prairie Cities Oil Service Station	1397 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg	1929	Demolished (?)
Prairie Cities Oil Service Station	145 Osborne Street, Winnipeg	1929	Demolished (?)
Warehouse (repairs)	57 Victoria Street, Winnipeg	1929	Demolished (?)
House (repairs)	178 Colony Street, Winnipeg	1929	Demolished (?)
Manitoba Cartage and Warehousing Building (addition)	345 Higgins Avenue, Winnipeg	1929
House (repairs)	984 McMillan Street, Winnipeg	1929
House (alterations)	260 Roslyn Road, Winnipeg	1929	Demolished (?)
Radio Industries Building	120 Fort Street, Winnipeg	1929
Albany Apartments (repairs)	91 Edmonton Street, Winnipeg	1929	Demolished (?)
House	290 Lindsay Street, Winnipeg	1929
Bettes Block (repairs)	289 Carlton Street, Winnipeg	1929	Demolished (?)
House (alterations)	236 Roslyn Road, Winnipeg	1929	Demolished (?)
Olympia Hotel / Marlborough Hotel (renovations)	331 Smith Street, Winnipeg	1929
House (repairs)	15 Roslyn Road, Winnipeg	1929	Demolished (?)
Kenilworth Court (repairs)	44 Hargrave Street, Winnipeg	1929	Destroyed by fire (2015)
St. Mary’s Court (repairs)	371 St. Mary Avenue, Winnipeg	1929	Demolished (?)
Office Specialty Manufacturing Building	358 Donald Street, Winnipeg	1930	Demolished (?)
House (repairs)	133 Inkster Boulevard, Winnipeg	1930
Ross House (repairs)	484 Wellington Crescent, Winnipeg	1930
House (repairs)	250 Wellington Crescent, Winnipeg	1931	Demolished (?)
House (repairs)	289 Beaverbrook Street, Winnipeg	1931
House (repair)	219 Harvard Avenue, Winnipeg	1931
House (repairs)	30 Hargrave Street, Winnipeg	1931	Demolished (?)
Stovel House (repairs)	6 Ruskin Row, Winnipeg	1931
House (repairs)	160 Nassau Street, Winnipeg	1931
House (repairs)	535 Bannatyne Avenue, Winnipeg	1932
House (repairs)	254 Carlton Street, Winnipeg	1932	Demolished (?)
House (repairs)	59 Walnut Street, Winnipeg	1932
House (repairs)	345 Kennedy Street, Winnipeg	1932	Demolished (?)
House (repairs)	586 River Avenue, Winnipeg	1932
House (repairs)	195 Roslyn Road, Winnipeg	1932	Demolished (?)
House (repairs)	85 Roslyn Road, Winnipeg	1932	Demolished (?)
House (underpinning)	614 Furby Street, Winnipeg	1933
Store (alterations)	990 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg	1933	Demolished (?)
Store (alterations)	948-950 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg	1933	Demolished (?)
Locarno Apartments (repairs)	1 Roslyn Road, Winnipeg	1933
House (underpinning)	84 Brock Street, Winnipeg	1933
Avoca Apartments (underpinning)	329-335 Sargent Avenue, Winnipeg	1933	Demolished (1983)
House (underpinning)	609 Spence Street, Winnipeg	1933
House (alterations)	231 Kingway, Winnipeg	1933
House (repairs)	104 Brock Street, Winnipeg	1933
House (alterations)	124 Nassau Street, Winnipeg	1933

See also:

Memorable Manitobans: Franklin Coulson Pain (1884-1934)

Memorable Manitobans: John Alexander Roe (1875-1965)

Sources:

“Season's permits near $4,000,000 mark with half season to come,” Manitoba Free Press, 18 June 1927, page 22.

Henderson’s Winnipeg and Brandon Directories, Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Libraries.

“Large number of new dwellings started this week in Winnipeg,” Manitoba Free Press, 6 August 1927, page 13.

“Permits for sixteen new dwellings issued this week,” Manitoba Free Press, 1 October 1927, page 34.

“Two large building permits issued Friday,” Manitoba Free Press, 20 October 1928, page 36.

“Advance for 1929 over 1928 total $160,000,” Manitoba Free Press, 11 May 1929, page 57.

“Permits continue to show increase over last year,” Manitoba Free Press, 18 May 1929, page 55.

“Permits run $350,000 ahead of last season,” Manitoba Free Press, 25 May 1929, page 20.

“New radio showrooms and plant on fort street,” Manitoba Free Press, 15 June 1929, page 29.

“Permits are issued in city in past 7 days,” Winnipeg Tribune, 13 July 1929, page 25.

“Total value of permit’s issued to date $7,643,600,” Manitoba Free Press, 20 July 1929, page 16.

“Permits for week number fifty-three,” Winnipeg Tribune, 17 August 1929, page 24.

“Announcing the official opening of the first of a series of our new type service stations,” Winnipeg Tribune, 24 August 1929, page 23.

“Prairie Cities Oil Co. opens service station,” Winnipeg Tribune, 24 August 1929, page 23.

“Complete excavation for filling stations,” Winnipeg Tribune, 7 September 1929, page 26.

Henderson’s Winnipeg and Brandon Directories, Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Libraries.

“Building steadily advances to $10,000,000 mark with several contracts to come,” Manitoba Free Press, 5 October 1929, page 16.

“New radio industry for Winnipeg makes possible radio service at your door,” Winnipeg Tribune, 31 October 1929, page 17.

“Pioneer organization in city opens fireproof home,” Winnipeg Tribune, 9 November 1929, page 6.

“Permits for six houses, large garage and store taken out during week,” Manitoba Free Press, 16 November 1929, page 30.

“Permits issued this week for $375,000 in new buildings,” Manitoba Free Press, 30 November 1929, page 10.

“Office specialty Mfg. Co. Opens fine new building,” Winnipeg Tribune, 31 May 1930, page 8.

“Started with few men 42 years ago, now employs practically 1,000,” Winnipeg Tribune, 31 May 1930, page 9.

“Good week in building permits, many dwellings,” Manitoba Free Press, 24 May 1930, page 28.

“Four hundred home erected in the city this year,” Manitoba Free Press, 31 October 1931, page 34.

“Permit take out for late double home on Sherburn,” Manitoba Free Press, 15 October 1932, page 54.

“Building permits up to $250,000 five month year,” Winnipeg Free Press, 3 June 1933, page 24.

“Over fifty new homes started, brick bakery,” Winnipeg Free Press, 17 June 1933, page 5.

“Winnipeg Building figures are now nearly $600,000,” Winnipeg Free Press, 23 September 1933, page 14.

“Alterations and additions main class of building,” Winnipeg Free Press, 30 September 1933, page 31.

This page was prepared by Jordan Makichuk.

Page revised: 6 March 2023