Historic Sites of Manitoba: Crystal City Telephone Exchange Building (210 Broadway Street, Crystal City, Municipality of Louise)

This small building on Broadway Street in Crystal City was designed by Winnipeg architect Alexander D. Melville and built in 1928 as a local telephone exchange of Manitoba Telephone Systems.

Telephone Exchange Building at Crystal City

Telephone Exchange Building at Crystal City (May 2013)
Source: Ken Jacobs

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.14544, W98.95089
denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

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

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

Sources:

“Contract awarded for 'phone exchanges,” Winnipeg Tribune, 4 August 1928, page 4.

We thank Ken Jacobs for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 25 February 2023

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