Historic Sites of Manitoba: Dominion Post Office Building / Carberry-North Cypress Library / Carberry Plains Archives (115 Main Street, Carberry)

Link to:
Postmasters | Photos & Coordinates | Sources

This one-storey brick building on Main Street in Carberry, it was designed by Charles D. Sutherland (1879-1957), Chief Architect for the Department of Public Works at Ottawa, and built in 1938.

The building was later converted to serve as the Carberry-North Cypress Library, and an addition has been made to the north side of the building. A municipally-designated heritage site (2007), the Carberry Plains Archives situated in its basement can be reached by telephone at 204-834-6614 or email to cparchives@mts.net.

Postmasters

Period

Postmasters

1881-1890

H. A. Perley

1890-1913

Matthew Wise

1913-1920

Wright Garland (1859-1922)

1920-1947

Thomas Lee (1882-1947)

1947-1975

Thomas Henry Lee

1975-1976

Ernest Greer

1976-1978

P. Graham

1978-1978

Elizabeth M. Goodridge

1978-1981

Paula J. Flemming

1981-1981

Elizabeth M. Goodridge

1981-1986

William M. Kushniryk

1986-1986

Patty Grister

1986-?

Elizabeth M. Goodridge

Photos & Coordinates

Dominion post office building at Carberry

Dominion post office building at Carberry (no date)
Source: Carberry Plains Archives

Dominion post office building at Carberry

Dominion post office building at Carberry (circa 1958)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough, 2017-0105

Carberry-North Cypress Library and Carberry Plains Archives

Carberry-North Cypress Library and Carberry Plains Archives (April 2010)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough

Former post office building at Carberry

Former post office building at Carberry (September 2020)
Source: George Penner

Former post office building at Carberry

Former post office building at Carberry (May 2023)
Source: George Penner

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.86791, W99.35928
denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Municipally Designated Historic Sites

Sources:

The Carberry Plains: 75 Years of Progress. [Manitoba Legislative Library, F5648.C36 Car]

Canada Post Office, 145 Main Street, Carberry, Manitoba Historic Resources Branch.

Post Offices and Postmasters, Library and Archives Canada.

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

We thank Jordan Makichuk for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and George Penner.

Page revised: 3 August 2024

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