This seven-storey office building at the northeast corner of the intersection between Lombard Avenue and Rorie Street in Winnipeg, designed by the Toronto architectural firm of Darling and Pearson. It was constructed between 1906 and 1908 by Kelly Brothers and Mitchell and a new home for the Winnipeg Grain Exchange. Organized in 1887 as the Winnipeg Grain and Produce Exchange, it was first situated in the basement of the Winnipeg City Hall and later in a building on Princess Street.
It is a municipally-designated historic building.
Postcard view of Grain Exchange Building (no date)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough, 2025-0018
Postcard view of Board Room in Grain Exchange Building (no date)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough, 2025-0022
Postcard view of Council Room in Grain Exchange Building (no date)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough, 2025-0021
Postcard view of Trading Room in Grain Exchange Building (no date)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough, 2025-0020
Grain Exchange Building (2011)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Grain Exchange Building (May 2017)
Source: George Penner
Entrance to the Grain Exchange Building (September 2014)
Source: George PennerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.89621, W97.13710
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Manitoba Business: Kelly Brothers / Manitoba Construction Company / Kelly Brothers and Mitchell / Thomas Kelly and Sons
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Grain Exchange Building (156-160 Princess Street, Winnipeg)
Manitoba Organization: Winnipeg Grain Exchange
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Municipally Designated Historic Sites
“Winnipeg’s big building development during 1908,” Winnipeg Tribune, 19 December 1908, page 31.
The Grain Exchange Building (167 Lombard Avenue), City of Winnipeg Historical Buildings Committee, September 1992.
We thank George Penner for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 14 February 2025
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