Historic Sites of Manitoba: Carberry Telephone Exchange Building (121 Main Street, Carberry)

This one-storey brick and stucco building on Main Street in Carberry, measuring 25 feet by 45 feet, was designed by Winnipeg architect Alexander D. Melville and built in 1941 to house local circuitry for the Manitoba Telephone System. Now in use as a law office, the building is a municipally designated historic site (2007).

Telephone Exchange Building at Carberry (no date) Source: Carberry Plains Archives Telephone Exchange Building at Carberry (June 2007) Source: Ken Jacobs Telephone Exchange Building at Carberry (April 2010) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Telephone Exchange Building at Carberry (May 2023) Source: Jordan Makichuk Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.86810, W99.35929 denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Memorable Manitobans: Alexander D. Melville (1873-1949)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Municipally Designated Historic Sites

MHS Centennial Business: Manitoba Government Telephones / Manitoba Telephone System / MTS Allstream / Bell MTS

Sources:

“Tenders,” Winnipeg Free Press, 1 June 1941, page 14.

“Telephone exchange to be built,” Winnipeg Free Press, 14 June 1941, page 8.

Manitoba Telephone System Building, 121 Main Street, Carberry, Manitoba Historic Resources Branch.

We thank Ken Jacobs and Jordan Makichuk for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 3 August 2024

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