This one-storey building on Myrtle Street in Winnipeg was built originally as a warehouse for Martin and Robertson Limited, a wholesale grocery business. In 1958, the building was acquired by J. M. Sinclair Limited, a wholesale grocery business that had relocated from its former warehouse on Princess Street acquired in 1945 when it purchased one of western Canada’s largest wholesale grocers, Campbell Brothers and Wilson.
In 2013, following extensive water damage of the former Carnegie Library, the City of Winnipeg opened this archival facility to which collections were moved.
Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.90831, W97.17667
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Campbell Brothers and Wilson Warehouse / Adelman Building (92-100 Princess Street, Winnipeg)
Memorable Manitobans: James McCutcheon Sinclair (1901-1979)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Carnegie Library / City of Winnipeg Archives (380 William Avenue, Winnipeg)
Winnipeg fire insurance map, #702 November 1958, City of Winnipeg Archives.
Henderson’s Winnipeg and Brandon Directories, Henderson Directories Limited, Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Libraries.
This page was prepared by Jordan Makichuk.
Page revised: 19 April 2025
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