This two-storey brick and stone building at the corner of Home Street and Wellington Avenue in Winnipeg was built in 1910 for businessman Luther Judge Rumford. His laundry business, known originally as the Rumford Sanitary Laundry Limited, was later named Rumford's Limited. By the 1950s, it focussed on commercial laundry as the Sunshine Uniform Supply Limited and Acme Linen Supply. Purchased in 1980 by a consortium that owned the Perth's Laundry Company, it was sold in 2012 to a Calgary-based corporate group.
Rumford Laundry Building (1912)
Source: Winnipeg Tribune, 9 November 1912, page 26.
Perths Laundry Building (June 2019)
Source: George Penner
Perths Laundry Building (May 2022)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.90032, W97.16682
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: Luther Judge Rumford (1875-1929)
“Rumford Sanitary Laundry,” Winnipeg Tribune, 9 November 1912, page 26.
“765 Wellington Avenue - Rumford Ltd. / Perth's Cleaners” by Christian Cassidy, Winnipeg Places.
This page was prepared by George Penner and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 2 June 2022
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