Historic Sites of Manitoba: Fire Hall No. 2 / South Fire Hall (Smith Street, Winnipeg)

Built in 1882, this facility in downtown Winnipeg was situated at the northwest corner of the intersection of Smith Street and York Avenue. Major additions and alternations were made between 1907 and 1908 on a design by local architects William Bruce and Daniel Smith. It closed in 1941 and was demolished.

South Fire Hall

South Fire Hall (circa 1903)
Source: An Illustrated Souvenir of Winnipeg by W. A. Martel & Sons, 1903

Postcard view of South Fire Hall after expansion

Postcard view of South Fire Hall after expansion (circa 1908)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough, 2021-0091

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.88958, W97.14003
denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Fire Hall No. 1 / Central Fire Hall (110 Albert Street, Winnipeg)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Fire Hall No. 2 / South Fire Hall (Smith Street, Winnipeg)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Fire Fighters Museum of Winnipeg / Fire Hall No. 3 (56 Maple Street, Winnipeg)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Fire Hall No. 4 (470 Gertrude Avenue, Winnipeg)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Fire Hall No. 5 (354 Sherbrook Street, Winnipeg)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Fire Hall No. 7 (349 Burrows Avenue, Winnipeg)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Fire Hall No. 8 (325 Talbot Avenue, Winnipeg)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Fire Hall No. 9 (1466 William Avenue West, Winnipeg)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Fire Hall No. 10 (845 Sargent Avenue, Winnipeg)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Fire Hall No. 11 / Fire Hall No. 7 (180 Sinclair Street, Winnipeg)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Fire Hall No. 12 (1055 Dorchester Avenue, Winnipeg)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Fire Hall No. 13 (410 Cathedral Avenue, Winnipeg)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Fire Hall No. 14 (161 Lipton Street, Winnipeg)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Fire Hall No. 15 (524 Osborne Street, Winnipeg)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Fire Hall No. 25 (701 Day Street, Winnipeg)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: St. Boniface Fire Hall No. 1 (212 rue Dumoulin, Winnipeg)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: St. Boniface Fire Hall No. 2 / Police Station (328 Tache Avenue, Winnipeg)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: St. Boniface Fire Hall No. 3 / Fire Hall No. 9 (864 Marion Street, Winnipeg)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: St. Boniface Fire Hall No. 4 / Fire Hall No. 15 (1083 Autumnwood Drive, Winnipeg)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: St. James Fire Hall No. 1 and Police Station / Fire Hall No. 11 (200 Berry Street, Winnipeg)

Historic Sitse of Manitoba: St. James Fire Hall No. 2 / Fire Hall No. 19 (320 Whytewold Road, Winnipeg)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: St. Vital Museum / St. Vital Fire Hall (600 St. Mary’s Road, Winnipeg)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Transcona Municipal Office and Fire Hall (Victoria Avenue West, Winnipeg)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Transcona Public Safety Building / Fire Hall No. 21 / Police Station No. 4 (730 Pandora Avenue West, Winnipeg)

Sources:

“Winnipeg’s big building development during 1908,” Winnipeg Tribune, 19 December 1908, page 31.

We Hold Thee Safe by Halldor Kenneth Bjarnason, 2004.

Daniel Smith, Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada, 1800-1950.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 19 November 2021

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