Formerly located at the northeast corner of Regent Avenue West and Winona Street, in the Transcona area of Winnipeg, a three-storey wood frame building was built in 1909 as the Queen’s Court Hotel for hotelier Thomas Envoy. In 1912, the hotel was enlarged its 60 rooms were modernized. Further renovations occurred in 1931.
The hotel housed the first beer parlour in Transcona, called “Bucket of Blood Saloon”, and was later converted into an apartment building. The building was demolished in 1985 and the site is now occupied by a different commercial building.
Queen’s Court Hotel (no date)
Source: Transcona MuseumSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.89535, W97.00760
denoted by symbol on the map above
Transcona fire insurance map, #6 January 1953, City of Winnipeg Archives.
A Trip Through Time in Transcona by Terry Patterson, Manitoba History, Number 13, Spring 1987.
This page was prepared by Jordan Makichuk.
Page revised: 14 September 2024
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