This two-storey brick and stone building on Hargrave Street in Winnipeg was designed by local architect John Hamilton Gordon Russell and built in 1919 by contractor Sveinn Brynjolfsson for the Manitoba Government Telephones as their service and maintenance vehicle garage.
Following a decision in 1952 to declare the neighbouring Garry Telephone Exchange Building surplus, it and the former garbage building were occupied by a variety of other businesses.
Manitoba Government Telephones Garage (no date)
Source: The Telephone Echo, Volume 8, Number 6, cover, March 1929.
Manitoba Government Telephones Garage (no date)
Source: The Telephone Echo, Volume 9, Number 2, cover, July 1929.
The former Manitoba Government Telephones Garage (1955)
Source: Winnipeg Tribune, 28 January 1955, page 24.
The former Manitoba Government Telephones Garage (February 2021)
Source: George Penner
The former Manitoba Government Telephones Garage (December 2022)
Source: Jordan MakichukSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.89804, W97.14521
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: John Hamilton Gordon Russell (1863-1946)
Memorable Manitobans: Sveinn Brynjolfsson (1856-1930)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Garry Telephone Exchange Building (474 Hargrave Street, Winnipeg)
MHS Centennial Business: Manitoba Government Telephones / Manitoba Telephone System / MTS Allstream / Bell MTS
City of Winnipeg Building Permit 1240/1919, City of Winnipeg Archives.
“The Hughes-Owens Co.,” Winnipeg Tribune, 28 January 1955, page 24.
Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada, 1800-1950 by Robert G. Hill, Toronto.
We thank Gordon Goldsborough for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Jordan Makichuk and George Penner.
Page revised: 23 October 2023
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