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Historic Sites of Manitoba: Willys-Overland Building (686 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg)
This three-storey brick building at the corner of Portage Avenue and Maryland Street in Winnipeg was designed by local architect John Danley Atchison and built in 1916 for the Willys-Overland Company. In the 1960s, it was used as the Leonard and McLaughlin American Motors automobile dealership.
Willys-Overland Building (no date)
Source: Kerrin Asmundson
Willys-Overland Building (April 2018)
Source: George Penner
Willys-Overland Building (May 2022)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.88771, W97.16079
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: John Danley Atchison (1870-1959)
Sources:
Henderson’s Winnipeg and Brandon Directories, Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Libraries.
This page was prepared by Kerrin Asmundson, George Penner, and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 3 June 2022
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