This one-storey brick building on Main Street in Winnipeg was designed by Calgary-based architect Reginald Edwardes McDonnell (1887-1963) and constructed in 1919 as a branch of the Merchants Bank of Canada. In the late 1930s, it was repurposed as a grocery store for Safeway Stores Limited. It was occupied by an office supplies store at the time of a 2020 site visit.
Former Safeway store on Main Street in Winnipeg (April 2020)
Source: George PennerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.93747, W97.11660
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Manitoba Business: Merchants Bank of Canada
Manitoba Business: Safeway Stores Limited
Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada, 1800-1950 by Robert G. Hill, Toronto.
This page was prepared by Jordan Makichuk, George Penner, and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 13 March 2022
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