Historic Sites of Manitoba: Eastman Building / Fort Garry Dyers and Cleaners Building / Old House Revival Company (324 Young Street, Winnipeg)

This three-storey brick and stone building on Young Street in Winnipeg was designed by local architects Hugh Gordon Holman and Edgar Prain and constructed in 1910 by day labour as a warehouse for trunk manufacturer George A. Eastman and Company. The following year, the business was taken over by G. R. Taylor and Company. By 1914, it had become a factory for the Mickelsons Drug and Chemical Company and, the following year, as a clothing manufacturering plant for the Broadway Blouse Company until 1919.

In early 1920, the building was occupied by the Fort Garry Dyers and Cleaners Limited (later known as Fort Garry Cleaners) and it remained here until at least 1968. Within two years, the building had become an auction house operated by auctioneer Peter Wachniak until November 2003 or later. It is presently home to the Old House Revival Company Antique Mall.

Exterior of the Old House Revival Company (May 2019) Source: George Penner Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.89006, W97.15536 denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Memorable Manitobans: Hugh Gordon Holman (1881-1955)

Memorable Manitobans: Edgar Prain (1881-1958)

Sources:

City of Winnipeg Building Permit 987/1910, City of Winnipeg Archives.

“Tenders,” Manitoba Free Press, 20 April 1910, page 2.

“Removal notice,” Winnipeg Tribune, 31 January 1920, page 67.

Old House Revival Company.

This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer, George Penner, Gordon Goldsborough, and Anne Brazeau.

Page revised: 21 July 2022

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