This small one-storey frame building formally located at the northwest corner of Richhill Avenue West and Wexford Street in Elkhorn was designed by architect Alexander D. Melville and built in 1932, at a cost of $3,449, to house local circuitry for the Manitoba Telephone System. The building has been demolished and the site is now occupied by a private residence although the flagpole and front fence from the telephone building are still present.
Elkhorn Telephone Exchange Building (no date)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough, 2020-0046Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.97545, W101.23673
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
Report to the Honourable the Provincial Treasurer, Manitoba Telephone System, November 30, 1932, Archives of Manitoba, Minister of Public Utilities files, GR1550.
Steel and Grass Roots: 1882-1982 by Elkhorn and District Historical Society, 1982, page 134.
This page was prepared by Jordan Makichuk and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 18 July 2022
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