Historic Sites of Manitoba: Dominion Post Office (352 Stephen Street, Morden)

Link to:
Postmasters | Photos & Coordinates | Sources

The Morden Post Office was designed by the Chief Architect’s Office in Ottawa. The architect who supervised the work locally was W. D. Ford Blankenstein. The Brown Construction Company of Winnipeg erected the building in Morden between 1913 and 1915. It became a municipally designated historic building in 1988.

Postmasters

Period

Postmasters

1884-1885

M. C. Shipman

1885-1888

J. M. Grover

1888-1901

James H. Dunsford

1901-1927

James Stirton (1847-1927)

1927-1956

Murdo Maclean (1893-?)

1956

Miss Dorothy Hildebrand

1957-1966

Henry Bergman

1966-1978

Trenton Claude Scobie

Photos & Coordinates

Postcard view of Dominion Post Office at Morden

Postcard view of Dominion Post Office at Morden (no date)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough, 2022-0031

Dominion Post Office at Morden

Dominion Post Office at Morden (June 2020)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough

Dominion Post Office at Morden

Dominion Post Office at Morden (January 2021)
Source: George Penner

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.18979, W98.10196
denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Dominion Post Office (Manitou)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Dominion Post Office (Stonewall)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Municipally Designated Historic Sites

Sources:

Morden Dominion Post Office, Manitoba Historic Resources Branch

Post Offices and Postmasters, Library and Archives Canada.

We thank George Penner for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 6 April 2022

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