This two-storey brick building at the southeast corner of Logan Avenue and Sherbrook Street (formerly Nena Street) in Winnipeg, measuring 25 feet by 50 feet, was built in 1910 as a branch for the Union Bank of Canada. It was designed by local architects Lewis H. Jordan and Walter Percy Over and built by contractor William Horner at a cost of about $10,000.
The Union Bank occupied this building from 1910 to 1925. Following the 1925 merger of the Union Bank with the Royal Bank, it operated as a branch of the Royal Bank of Canada from 1925 until closing in 1939.
It was occupied at the time of a 2021 site visit by the Sunshine House community drop-in and resource centre.
Royal Bank Building on Logan Avenue (circa 1926)
Source: University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections, Winnipeg Tribune Photo Collection
Former Royal Bank Building on Logan Avenue (April 2021)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Former Royal Bank Building on Logan Avenue (May 2022)
Source: Jordan Makichuk
Former Royal Bank Building on Logan Avenue (June 2022)
Source: Nathan KramerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.90777, W97.15250
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: Walter Percy Over (1874-1944)
Memorable Manitobans: William Horner (1860-1916)
Manitoba Business: Union Bank of Canada
Manitoba Business: Royal Bank of Canada
City of Winnipeg Building Permit 1334/1910, City of Winnipeg Archives.
“Union Bank will build on Logan Ave. Other permits,” Manitoba Free Press, 27 May 1910, page 11.
“Scene of robbery,” Winnipeg Tribune, 28 May 1926, page 1.
We thank Gordon Goldsborough for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Jordan Makichuk and Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 15 June 2024
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