This two-storey brick building on Tenth Street in Brandon was constructed in 1891 as office space for the Brandon Times newspaper. From 1907 to 1917, it housed the Ione Cigar Factory under proprietor James Dillion (?-?) and possibly also Barney Isman (1870-?). The building was also the first home of the Bank of Montreal in Brandon. It later housed a cafe under two generations of the Wong family, and still later a pizza restaurant. At the time of a 2021 site visit, it hosted a dance studio. Original street-facing windows on the second floor had been bricked over but cornice details were intact. The first floor entrance had been altered radically.
Ione Cigar Factory (circa 1905)
Source: Stuckey Collection, S. J. McKee Archives, Brandon University [Brandon Sun, 12 March 2006, page 21]
The former Brandon Times building (March 2021)
Source: George PennerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.84788, W99.95125
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Bank of Montreal Building (940 Rosser Avenue, Brandon)
Manitoba Business: Brandon Times
Manitoba Business: Bank of Montreal
1901 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.
121 10th Street, Heritage Brandon.
We thank Loren Hiebert for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by George Penner and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 23 June 2026
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