This one-storey wood frame and stucco building on Waddell Avenue East in Dominion City, in the Municipality of Emerson-Franklin, was designed by Winnipeg architect John Hamilton Gordon Russell and built in 1922 to house local circuitry for the Manitoba Government Telephones (later Manitoba Telephone System). At the time of a 2023 site visit, the building was being used as a private residence.
Manitoba Telephone Exchange Building at Dominion City (no date)
Source: The Telephone Echo, Volume 3, Number 1, page 23, May 1923.
The former Telephone Exchange Building at Dominion City (February 2023)
Source: Jordan MakichukSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.14197, W97.15309
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: John Hamilton Gordon Russell (1863-1946)
MHS Centennial Business: Manitoba Government Telephones / Manitoba Telephone System / MTS Allstream / Bell MTS
“Tenders,” Manitoba Free Press, 26 July 1922, page 14.
“Tenders,” Manitoba Free Press, 28 July 1922, page 12.
“Tenders,” Manitoba Free Press, 29 July 1922, page 18.
Dominion City: Facts, Fiction and Hyperbole by James McKercher Waddell, 1970, page 112.
This page was prepared by Jordan Makichuk.
Page revised: 23 October 2023
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