Historic Sites of Manitoba: Security Storage Warehouse / Naval Reserve Depot (583 Ellice Avenue, Winnipeg)

This three-storey brick building on Ellice Avenue in Winnipeg was built in 1909 by the firm of Carter-Halls-Aldinger as a five-storey structure for the Security Storage Company. Measuring 50 feet by 100 feet, it was built at a cost of about $50,000. It is presently unknown when or how the uppermost two storeys were removed.

During the Second World War, the building was used as a Naval Reserve Depot, with alterations in 1939 done by the Malcom Construction Company at a cost of about $5,000.

Security Storage Warehouse (1915) Source: Winnipeg Tribune, 25 September 1915, page 104 The former Security Storage Warehouse (December 2022) Source: Jordan Makichuk Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.89305, W97.15833 denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Manitoba Business: Carter-Halls-Aldinger / Commonwealth Construction Company

Manitoba Business: Malcom Construction

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Security Storage Building / Kromar Printing Building (725 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg)

Sources:

“New storage warehouse,” Manitoba Free Press, 21 August 1909, page 6.

“The Security Storage and Warehouse Co.,” Winnipeg Tribune, 25 September 1915, page 104.

“Year’s building permits top $2,000,000 last week,” Winnipeg Free Press, 9 September 1939, page 4.

This page was prepared by Jordan Makichuk and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 10 January 2023

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