Designed by Winnipeg architect John Danley Atchison and constructed between 1916 and 1918, this building was one of four major banks on “Bankers’ Row” along Main Street. It was the last major office building erected during the city’s early boom period, and served as the Manitoba headquarters of the Bank of Hamilton which merged with the Bank of Commerce in 1923. This plaque is mounted on the northwest corner of the building. Restoration of the building was given a Conservation Award by Heritage Winnipeg and the structure is a municipally-designated historic site.
Employees of the bank from branches around Manitoba, killed during military service in the First World War, were listed in an Appendix of A History of the Canadian Bank of Commerce, Volume 3, 1919-1930 published in 1934.
Bank of Hamilton Building (June 2014)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Bank of Hamilton Building (October 2024)
Source: George Penner
Entrance detail at the Bank of Hamilton Building (August 2024)
Source: Greg Petzold
Bank of Hamilton commemorative plaque (August 2009)
Source: City of WinnipegSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.89699, W97.13851
denoted by symbol on the map above
Name
Occupation
Service
Rank
Birth Date
Death Date
George Baird
[Pilot Mound]Bank Clerk
27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
22 October 1895
26 September 1916
Reginald Stellwagen Black
[Manitou, St. John the Baptist Anglican]Bank Manager
27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Lieutenant
27 May 1886
6 November 1917
Gilbert Edward Cooper
[Next of Kin, Stonewall Masons, St. Matthews Anglican, Stonewall]Bank Clerk
16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Lance Corporal
24 March 1892
25 January 1916
David Edmond
Bank Clerk
Royal Flying Corps
Cadet
1893
11 November 1917
Stephen Ernest Shortliffe
[Stonewall]Bank Clerk
43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Lance Corporal
25 December 1892
26 October 1917
James Clifford Stewart
[Miami]Bank Clerk
16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
28 October 1895
9 October 1916
Joseph Huskuldur Thompson
[Cartwright]Clerk
78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
30 April 1896
9 April 1917
Norman Cleland Treleaven
[Killarney, Killarney School]Bank Clerk
43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
4 February 1898
8 August 1918
Robert Stewart Whiteford
[Roland]Clerk
Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians), Royal Canadian Armoured Corps
Lance Corporal
26 February 1895
30 March 1918
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: John Danley Atchison (1870-1959)
Manitoba Business: Bank of Hamilton
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Municipally Designated Historic Sites
A History of the Canadian Bank of Commerce, Volume 3, 1919-1930 published 1934.
Bank of Hamilton Building (395 Main Street), City of Winnipeg Historical Buildings Committee, September 1982.
Information for this page was provided by The City of Winnipeg’s Planning, Property and Development Department, which acknowledges the contribution of the Government of Manitoba through its Heritage Grants Program.
We thank Greg Petzold and George Penner for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Darryl Toews.
Page revised: 2 November 2024
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