This four-storey brick warehouse at the southeast corner of McDermot Avenue and Lydia Street in Winnipeg, measuring 64 feet by 133 feet, was designed by architect David Wynyard Bellhouse. It was built in 1914 by the construction firm of J. McDiarmid and Company at a cost of about $57,000 for the wholesale pharmacy company of Martin Bole and Wynne, founded by Edward Daniel Martin, David Wesley Bole, and James Reynolds Wynne.
Later owned by the Atlas Brush Company founded by James D. Graham to manufacture shoe and button-polishing brushes for the military during the Second World War, it continued to be used by a variety of businesses until June 1992 when it was sold to the Winnipeg Housing Rehabilitation Corporation at a cost of about $400,000. The building has been converted to residential housing.
Martin Bole and Wynne Warehouse (1915)
Source: Winnipeg Tribune, 25 September 1915, page 104.
The former Martin Bole and Wynne Warehouse (October 2022)
Source: Jordan Makichuk
The former Martin Bole and Wynne Warehouse (July 2024)
Source: George PennerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.90138, W97.15437
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: David Wynyard Bellhouse (1861-1952)
Memorable Manitobans: James McDiarmid (1855-1934)
Memorable Manitobans: Edward Daniel Martin (1856-1938)
Memorable Manitobans: David Wesley Bole (1856-1933)
Memorable Manitobans: James Reynolds Wynne (c1842-1914)
Manitoba Organization: Winnipeg Housing Rehabilitation Corporation
“Wholesale firm to build warehouse,” Manitoba Free Press, 23 May 1914, page 26.
“The Martin, Bole & Wynne Company,” Winnipeg Tribune, 25 September 1915, page 50.
Winnipeg Housing Rehabilitation Corporation, 1978-2008: A Pictorial History, Winnipeg Housing Rehabilitation Corporation.
Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada, 1800-1950 by Robert G. Hill, Toronto.
This page was prepared by George Penner, Jordan Makichuk, and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 7 August 2024
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