Historic Sites of Manitoba: Dominion Post Office Building (22 South Railway Avenue, Crystal City, Municipality of Louise)

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Postmasters | Photos & Coordinates | Sources

This one-storey brick veneer building on South Railway Avenue in Crystal City was constructed in 1961 by Henry J. Martens of Morden, at a cost of $20,680.

Postmasters

Period

Postmasters

1879-1880

William Parr

1880-1891

?

1891-1904

Henry James Taylor (1833-1904)

1904-1924

William Hicks Greenway (1865-1924)

1924-1946

Mary Ellen Greenway (1875-1951)

1946-1969

Willard Jory Werry (?-1988)

1969

E. B. Taylor

1969-1976

Thomas P. McCallum

1976-1984

Darcy D. Loewen

Photos & Coordinates

Dominion Post Office Building at Crystal City

Dominion Post Office Building at Crystal City (August 2020)
Source: George Penner

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.14679, W98.95052
denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

Death registrations [Henry James Taylor, William Hicks Greenway], Manitoba Vital Statistics.

“2 federal jobs for Manitoba,” Winnipeg Tribune, 15 December 1960, page 99.

Post Offices and Postmasters, Library and Archives Canada.

Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.

This page was prepared by George Penner and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 24 October 2020

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