This two-storey brick building on Berry Street, in the St. James area of Winnipeg, measuring 61.5 feet by 72.5 feet, was designed byarchitect Alexander D. Melville and built in 1912 by contractor John Dolmer at a cost of $25,622 as a fire hall and police station for the Rural Municipality of Assiniboia.
The building became Fire Hall No. 11 after the formation of Unicity in 1972. It was vacated in 2013 when a new fire hall was constructed nearby, on Portage Avenue, and sold to a private owner in early 2014. Plans called for it to be renovated into a single- or multi-family residence but, as of 2024, they are unfulfilled.
Postcard view of the St. James Fire Hall and Police Station (circa 1914)
Source: Rob McInnes, WP1910
The former St. James Fire Hall No. 1 and Police Station (June 2014)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
The former St. James Fire Hall No. 1 and Police Station (June 2024)
Source: Jordan MakichukSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.87942, W97.21147
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: Alexander D. Melville (1873-1949)
Memorable Manitobans: John Dolmer (1858-1949)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Fire Hall No. 1 / Central Fire Hall (110 Albert Street, Winnipeg)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Fire Hall No. 2 / South Fire Hall (Smith Street, Winnipeg)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Fire Fighters Museum of Winnipeg / Fire Hall No. 3 (56 Maple Street, Winnipeg)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Fire Hall No. 4 (470 Gertrude Avenue, Winnipeg)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Fire Hall No. 5 (354 Sherbrook Street, Winnipeg)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Fire Hall No. 7 (349 Burrows Avenue, Winnipeg)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Fire Hall No. 8 (325 Talbot Avenue, Winnipeg)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Fire Hall No. 9 (1466 William Avenue West, Winnipeg)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Fire Hall No. 10 (845 Sargent Avenue, Winnipeg)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Fire Hall No. 11 / Fire Hall No. 7 (180 Sinclair Street, Winnipeg)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Fire Hall No. 12 (1055 Dorchester Avenue, Winnipeg)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Fire Hall No. 13 (410 Cathedral Avenue, Winnipeg)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Fire Hall No. 14 (161 Lipton Street, Winnipeg)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Fire Hall No. 15 (524 Osborne Street, Winnipeg)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Fire Hall No. 25 (701 Day Street, Winnipeg)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: St. Boniface Fire Hall No. 1 (212 rue Dumoulin, Winnipeg)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: St. Boniface Fire Hall No. 2 / Police Station (328 Tache Avenue, Winnipeg)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: St. Boniface Fire Hall No. 3 / Fire Hall No. 9 (864 Marion Street, Winnipeg)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: St. Boniface Fire Hall No. 4 / Fire Hall No. 15 (1083 Autumnwood Drive, Winnipeg)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: St. James Fire Hall No. 1 and Police Station / Fire Hall No. 11 (200 Berry Street, Winnipeg)
Historic Sitse of Manitoba: St. James Fire Hall No. 2 / Fire Hall No. 19 (320 Whytewold Road, Winnipeg)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: St. Vital Museum / St. Vital Fire Hall (600 St. Mary’s Road, Winnipeg)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Transcona Municipal Office and Fire Hall (Victoria Avenue West, Winnipeg)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Transcona Public Safety Building / Fire Hall No. 21 / Police Station No. 4 (730 Pandora Avenue West, Winnipeg)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Abandoned Manitoba
“Tenders for fire-hall,” Manitoba Free Press, 25 June 1912, page 2.
“News budget from St. James Suburb - Contract for the erection of the first fire hall in St. James has been let for $25,622,” Manitoba Free Press, 13 August, 1912, page 8.
“Fire Hall and Police Station,” Manitoba Free Press, 30 November 1912, page 13.
“Two fire-hall swap properties sold,” Winnipeg Free Press, 19 February 2014.
St. James Fire Hall No. 1 (St. James Fire Hall & Police Station), 200 Berry Street, City of Winnipeg Historical Buildings Committee, April 2013.
We thank Rob McInnes and Jordan Makichuk for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 7 July 2024
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