This three-storey brick building on Kennedy Street in Winnipeg was designed by the local architectural firm of Pratt Lindgren Snider Tomcej and Associates and built between 1958 and 1959 by the Bird Construction Company for hotelier and photographer Alexander Anthony “Alex” Dugalle (1897-1996).
Hotel Royal Plaza (May 2020)
Source: George PennerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.89354, W97.14981
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Manitoba Business: Pratt Lindgren and Associates / Pratt Lindgren Snider Tomcej and Associates
Manitoba Business: Bird Woodall and Simpson Construction / Bird Construction Company
“Pratt and Lindgren, Architects,” Winnipeg Free Press, 1 August 1959, page 4.
Death registration [Alexander Anthony Dugalle], British Columbia Vital Statistics.
The Downtowner Motel, Winnipeg Architecture Foundation.
This page was prepared by George Penner and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 31 July 2023
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