Historic Sites of Manitoba: Scarfe Block (1741 Main Street, Winnipeg)

This two-storey brick block on Main Street in Winnipeg was built in 1912 by meat and vegetable merchant John Scarfe (1848-1927). The building had single commercial space on its main floor and two residential apartments on the second floor.

Scarfe Block

Scarfe Block (May 2022)
Source: Jordan Makichuk

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.93582, W97.11813
denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

Death registration [John Scarfe], Manitoba Vital Statistics.

“Resident here 47 years dead,” Winnipeg Tribune, 7 December 1927, page 7.

1878, The Year Past: Report of the City of Winnipeg Historical Buildings Committee.

Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.

This page was prepared by Jordan Makichuk and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 23 March 2023

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