Historic Sites of Manitoba: Stevens Building (396 Notre Dame Avenue, Winnipeg)

This two-storey brick building on Notre Dame Avenue in Winnipeg was designed by local architects Lindsay Alexander Wardell and David William Fair Nichols and built in 1908 by contractors Jones and McClurkin at a cost of about $5,300. It was occupied by surgical instruments dealer Stevens and Son until 1948.

Stevens Building

Stevens Building (September 2022)
Source: Jordan Makichuk

Stevens Building

Stevens Building (March 2023)
Source: George Penner

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.89780, W97.14825
denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Memorable Manitobans: Lindsay Alexander Wardell (1879-1962)

Memorable Manitobans: David William Fair Nichols (1881-1951)

Sources:

City of Winnipeg Building Permit 753/1908, City of Winnipeg Archives.

Stevens and Son Limited Building, 396 Notre Dame Avenue by Murray Peterson, Winnipeg Historical Buildings and Resources Committee, December 2009.

This page was prepared by Jordan Makichuk, George Penner, and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 30 March 2023

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