Historic Sites of Manitoba: YMCA North Winnipeg Building / St. Paul's High School and College (475 Selkirk Avenue, Winnipeg)

A four-storey brick building at the northwest corner of Selkirk Avenue and Powers Street in Winnipeg was designed by local architect John Hamilton Gordon Russell and built in 1911. It was used into the early 1920s as the North Winnipeg Branch of the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA).

In 1926, the building became the first home for St. Paul's High School and College, a private Catholic facility for boys and young men. Within five years, however, it did not have sufficient space for further growth so, in 1931, the St. Paul's facility moved to the former Manitoba College building on Ellice Avenue.

The building appears to have been demolished sometime between 1934 and 1941.

YMCA North Winnipeg Building (no date) Source: St. Paul's High School Archive Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.91553, W97.14405 denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Memorable Manitobans: John Hamilton Gordon Russell (1863-1946)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: YMCA Building / Birks Building (276 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: YMCA Building (301 Vaughan Street, Winnipeg)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba College / St. Paul’s High School and College (Ellice Avenue, Winnipeg)

Sources:

Henderson’s Winnipeg and Brandon Directories, Henderson Directories Limited, Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Libraries.

We thank Samantha Eadie (St. Paul's High School) for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 18 May 2024

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