This one-storey brown brick and terracotta trimmed, Spanish Colonial Revival-style building was at the northwest corner of Main Street and Lansdowne Avenue in Winnipeg. Measuring 26 feet by 39 feet, it was designed by architect Max Zev Blankstein and built in 1925 by owner/contractor James Henry Berry at a cost of about $4,000. In its original configuration it contained two retail spaces.
Its initial tenants included Chester's Barbershop ran by William Chester, and the Scott Grocery ran by James Scott.
In 1931, a one-storey brick addition also designed by Blankstein and built by Berry, measuring 11 feet by 24 feet was added to the rear of the building at a cost of about $500. Later vacant, the building was demolished in June 2023 to make was for a new multi-storey residential development.
Berry Block (May 2021)
Source: Jordan Makichuk
Berry Block (May 2021)
Source: Jordan Makichuk
Berry Block being demolished (June 2023)
Source: Christian Cassidy
Berry Block being demolished (June 2023)
Source: Christian CassidySite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.92853, W97.12392
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: Max Zev Blankstein (1874-1931)
Memorable Manitobans: James Henry Berry (1879-1935)
City of Winnipeg Building Permit 2453/1925, City of Winnipeg Archives.
City of Winnipeg Building Permit 1539/1931, City of Winnipeg Archives.
Winnipeg fire insurance map, #329 January 1957, City of Winnipeg Archives.
1482 - 1484 Main Street - Commercial Building by Christian Cassidy, Winnipeg Places, 18 June 2023.
Henderson’s Winnipeg and Brandon Directories, Henderson Directories Limited, Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Libraries.
Property Details [1482-1484 Main Street], Winnipeg Assessment and Taxation.
This page was prepared by Jordan Makichuk, Christian Cassidy, and Kenneth Ingram.
Page revised: 12 May 2026
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