Historic Sites of Manitoba: Stovel Printing Building (365 Bannatyne Street, Winnipeg)

In May 1916, when a building occupied by the Stovel Printing Company were gutted by fire, the firm engaged architects John Woodman and Raymond Carey to design a replacement factory and warehouse. The resulting two-storey structure was erected at a cost of $160,000. Post-construction alterations included a new basement (1959) and new roof, windows and flooring (1977). The building was later sold to the Dominion Construction Company, then to a succession of other owners. It is a municipally-designated historic site.

On 25 March 1920, at a ceremony held at the Manitoba Hall, the company unveiled a brass tablet listing its employees who were killed during service in the First World War.

Stovel Printing Building (October 2014) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Stovel Printing Building (September 2024) Source: George Penner Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.89975, W97.14521 denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War Casualties

Name	Occupation	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Alfred John Allen	Lithographer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	22 April 1893	9 June 1916
Edgar Cecil Ardell [Next of Kin]	Compositer	4th Division Train, Canadian Army Service Corps	Private	31 May 1883	20 November 1917
Harry Hughes	Printer	52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	5 August 1895	12 June 1916
Reginald Alexander Leonard [St. John's Cathedral]	Printer	Canadian Field Artillery	Gunner	23 August 1895	1 December 1918
John Alexander MacDonald	Photo Engraver	1st Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own)	Lieutenant	4 September 1893	30 November 1917
William James Minnis	Clerk	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Sergeant	24 November 1879	1 October 1918
Andrew Lewis Peterson [Stonewall]	Pressman	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1894	26 October 1917
Arthur Thornton [Holy Trinity, Next of Kin]	Pressman	10th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery	Sergeant	16 July 1889	5 November 1917

See also:

Manitoba Business: Stovel Printing Company

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Stovel Block / Kay Building (245 McDermot Avenue, Winnipeg)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Municipally Designated Historic Sites

Sources:

“Stovels honor memory of fallen,” Manitoba Free Press, 27 March 1920, page 7.

Stovel Printing Building (365 Bannatyne Street), City of Winnipeg Historical Buildings Committee, August 1992.

We thank George Penner for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Darryl Toews.

Page revised: 31 October 2024

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