Historic Sites of Manitoba: Dominion Post Office Building (719 Main Street, Birtle, Municipality of Prairie View)

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Postmasters | Photos & Coordinates | Sources

This one-storey, red brick post office building on Main Street in Birtle, in the Municipality of Prairie View, measures 34 feet by 42 feet. It was designed by Charles D. Sutherland (1879-1957), Chief Architect for the Department of Public Works at Ottawa. It was constructed between late 1938 and early 1939 by the Manitoba Engineering Company at a cost of $10,985.

Postmasters

Period	Postmasters
1879-1882	James H. Wood (1828-1906)
1883-1886	Albert Beresford Wood
1887-1912	W. Hubert H. Wood
1912	Charles E. Hall (1864-1912)
1912-1918	Eva Hall (1878-1942)
1918-1949	Percy Wilkinson (1889-1976)
1949-1963	Dick Leybourne Spencer (1898-1993)
1963-1972	George Arthur Wilkinson
1972-1973	Mrs. F. A. R. McArthur
1973-1987	Ronald AW. MacGranachan

Photos & Coordinates

Dominion Post Office Building at Birtle (March 2016) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Dominion Post Office Building at Birtle (September 2019) Source: George Penner Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.42223, W101.04776 denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Manitoba Business: Manitoba Engineering Company / Wyatt Construction Company

Sources:

“Contract awarded,” Brandon Sun, 14 December 1938, page 1.

Post Offices and Postmasters, Library and Archives Canada.

Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.

Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada, 1800-1950 by Robert G. Hill, Toronto.

We thank Jordan Makichuk and George Penner for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 10 September 2024

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