This two storey brick building on Alexander Avenue in Winnipeg, measuring 24.7 feet by 88 feet, was designed by local architect George Gaspar Teeter and built in 1912 by contractor Alexander Jamieson for owner Annie S. Conway at a cost of about $18,000. Intended as a moving picture theatre and initially named the Little Theatre, by 1914 it had been renamed the Sherbrooke Theatre.
The theatre closed in 1920 and its interior was gutted to be turned into a warehouse the following year. The building hosted a succession of tenants through the years, including an automobile repairer, a boat builder, a blacksmith, and an industrial supplies business.
At the time of a 2023 site visit, the building was vacant and boarded up.
Picture Palace Theatre (no date)
Source: Winnipeg Tribune, 8 February 1949, page 10.
The former Picture Palace Theatre (April 2023)
Source: Jordan Makichuk
The former Picture Palace Theatre (May 2025)
Source: Glen Toews
The former Picture Palace Theatre (May 2025)
Source: Glen ToewsSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.90693, W97.15271
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: George Gaspar Teeter (1874-1949)
Memorable Manitobans: Alexander Jamieson (1868-1959)
Memorable Manitobans: Annie S. Conway (1858-?)
City of Winnipeg Building Permit 2852/1912, City of Winnipeg Archives.
“Another moving picture theatre,” Manitoba Free Press, 31 July 1912, page 14.
“Warehouse and trackage,” Manitoba Free Press, 12 October 1921, page 10.
“Stories houses tell” by Lillian Gibbons, Winnipeg Tribune, 8 February 1949, page 10.
Henderson’s Winnipeg and Brandon Directories, Henderson Directories Limited, Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Libraries.
629 Alexander Avenue - Former Sherbrook Theatre by Christian Cassidy, Winnipeg Places, 10 July 2022.
This page was prepared by Glen Toews and Jordan Makichuk.
Page revised: 14 July 2025
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