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This one-storey brick veneer post office building on Main Street in Riverton was built in 1962 by A. K. Penner and Sons of Giroux, at a cost of $20,189.
Period
Postmasters
1877-1886
Fridjon Fridrikson
1887-1910
Gurnsteinn Eyolfson
1910-1926
Victor Eyolfson
1926-1927
Arnheidur Guttormson
1929-1945
Halldor J. Eastman
1945
Solla Summaros Eastman
1946
Dorothy Anna Sigvaldson
1946-1949
Walter D. Arcis
1949
Seela Johannesson
1950-1954
Bjorn Solvin William Johnson
1954-1955
Hallgrimur Raymond Benedictson
Post office building at Riverton (September 2020)
Source: George PennerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N50.99674, W96.99816
denoted by symbol on the map above
“New post office building for Riverton,” Stonewall Argus and Teulon Times, 10 January 1962, page 1.
Post Offices and Postmasters, Library and Archives Canada.
We thank Arden Jackson for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by George Penner and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 9 November 2024
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