This one-storey brick post office building on St. Mary’s Road in the St. Vital area of Winnipeg was designed by Charles D. Sutherland (1879-1957), Chief Architect for the Department of Public Works at Ottawa, and built in 1938 by the Claydon Construction Company at a cost of about $10,917.
The former post office in St. Vital (November 2022)
Source: Jordan MakichukSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.86463, W97.11129
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Manitoba Business: Claydon Brothers Construction Company / Claydon Construction Limited
“St. Vital P.O.,” Winnipeg Tribune, 12 March 1938, page 14.
Henderson’s Winnipeg and Brandon Directories, Henderson Directories Limited, Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Libraries.
Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada, 1800-1950 by Robert G. Hill, Toronto.
This page was prepared by Jordan Makichuk and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 10 November 2022
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