This two-storey brick building on Fort Street in Winnipeg, measuring 50 feet by 108 feet, was built in 1928 at a cost of about $25,000 as office and warehouse space for the Canadian News Company. Known as the Canadian News Building until around 1950, it was then the Kummen Block owned by Carl Toreson Kummen.
The building was later purchased by Dominion Motors Limited and was renamed to the Domo Block to house offices for the newly founded Domo Gasoline Corporation that operated two automotive service station as a division of the company.
Domo Block (November 2020)
Source: George Penner
Domo Block (June 2024)
Source: Jordan MakichukSite Location (lat/long): N49.89364, W97.13930
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: Carl Toreson Kummen (1885-1970)
Memorable Manitobans: Horace Everett (1893-1977)
Memorable Manitobans: Douglas Donald Everett (1927-2018)
Manitoba Business: Domo Gasoline Corporation
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Dominion Motors Garage and Auto Sales Building (250-256 Fort Street, Winnipeg)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: British American Service Station / Domo Service Station (Graham Avenue, Winnipeg)
City of Winnipeg Building Permit 187/1928, City of Winnipeg Archives.
“Old landmark of city sold,” Winnipeg Tribune, 7 February 1928, page 1.
Henderson’s Winnipeg and Brandon Directories, Henderson Directories Limited, Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Libraries.
Our History, Domo Corporation Limited.
We thank Jordan Makichuk for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer, George Penner, and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 18 December 2024
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