The Woodbine Hotel in Winnipeg began business in 1878 as Dufferin Hall, a “diminutive hostel 22 feet wide and approximately twice as long ... originally a wood frame structure.” Eventually lengthened to run from Main to Albert street, at one time it advertised the longest bar in the West. The building's configuration is unchanged but the present barroom has been truncated. A separate retail space is accessible from the Albert Street side.
The building is a municipally-designated historic site and, in 2019, the owners received a Preservation Award from Heritage Winnipeg.
Woodbine Hotel (September 2024)
Source: George Penner
Front entrance to the Woodbine Hotel on Main Street (October 2013)
Source: George Penner
Rear view of the Woodbine Hotel building on Albert Street (November 2020)
Source: George Penner
North side of the Woodbine Hotel building (May 2024)
Source: Greg Petzold
Interior of the Woodbine Hotel barroom (November 2014)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.89759, W97.13933
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
MHS Centennial Business: Woodbine Hotel
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Municipally Designated Historic Sites
Woodbine Hotel, 466 Main Street, Winnipeg Historical Buildings Committee, July 1985.
We thank George Penner and Greg Petzold for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 7 September 2024
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