This two-storey brick building at the northwest corner of Portage Avenue and Parkview Street in the St. James area of Winnipeg, measuring 33 feet by 70 feet, was constructed in 1911. In its original configuration, the building contained two retail spaces on its main floor while the second floor contained a physician's office accessible from an entrance on Parkview Street.
Realtor Sydney Dorey Richardson (1887-1968) occupied by one of the retail spaces on the main floor while the other space was occupied by a branch of the Bank of Ottawa. The bank branch occupied the space until 1919 when the Bank of Ottawa was absorbed by the Bank of Nova Scotia. It remain a bank branch until 1921.
Parkview Building (1912)
Source: Manitoba Free Press, 23 March 1912, page 14.
Parkview Building (January 2020)
Source: George Penner
Parkview Building (November 2020)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Parkview Building (May 2022)
Source: Jordan MakichukSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.87890, W97.21535
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Manitoba Business: Bank of Ottawa
Manitoba Business: Bank of Nova Scotia
“New realty office,” Winnipeg Tribune, 21 October 1911, page 19.
“New block in St. James,” Manitoba Free Press, 23 March 1912, page 14.
“Three offices to rent ...,” Manitoba Free Press, 25 April 1912, page 25.
Attestation papers [Sydney Dorey Richardson], Canadian Expeditionary Force, Library and Archives Canada.
Henderson’s Winnipeg and Brandon Directories, Henderson Directories Limited, Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Libraries.
CPT Sydney Dorey RIchardson, FindAGrave.
This page was prepared by George Penner, Jordan Makichuk, and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 1 March 2025
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