Historic Sites of Manitoba: Boissevain Land Titles Building (451 North Railway Street, Boissevain, Municipality of Boissevain-Morton)

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At one time, there were nine offices around Manitoba where land transactions could be completed: Winnipeg, Portage la Prairie, Brandon, Morden, Neepawa, Boissevain, Carman, Virden, and Dauphin. This two-storey brick building in Boissevain (in what is now the Municipality of Boissevain-Morton) was designed by Winnipeg architect William Barnes Lait and erected by the provincial government in 1903, at a cost of about $12,000. Its functions were eventually transferred to the Brandon office, and the building is now occupied by another provincial government department.

Registrars

Period	Registrar
1901-1902	William Henry Hastings (1858-1940)
1902-1907	William John de Manbey (1853-1922)
1907-1934	J. A. Taylor
1934-1938	?
1938-1939	James Henderson Chalmers (1876-1942)
1939-1948	?
1948-1964	C. A. McKenzie

Photos & Coordinates

Postcard view of the Boissevain Land Titles Office (circa 1907) by Osborne Photo Source: Gordon Goldsborough, 2017-0129 Postcard view of the Boissevain Land Titles Office (1910) Source: Gordon Goldsborough, 2013-0156 Postcard view of the Boissevain Land Titles Office (1910) Source: Gordon Goldsborough, 2013-0155 Boissevain Land Titles Office (no date) Source: Archives of Manitoba, George Harris Fonds, Acc. 1979-141, P7454, Album 22, Page 5. The former Boissevain Land Titles Building (December 2011) Source: Gordon Goldsborough The former Boissevain Land Titles Building (July 2018) Source: George Penner The former Boissevain Land Titles Building (October 2022) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.23161, W100.05410 denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Boissevain Land Titles Building (North Railway Street, Boissevain)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Brandon Land Titles Building (705 Princess Avenue, Brandon)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Carman Land Titles Building (Second Street SW, Carman)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Dauphin Land Titles Building (308 Main Street South, Dauphin)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Morden Land Titles Building (351 Stephen Street, Morden)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Neepawa Land Titles Building (329 Hamilton Street, Neepawa)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Newcomb’s Hollow - Old Deloraine Land Titles Office (Municipality of Deloraine-Winchester)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Portage Land Titles Building (103 Third Street NE, Portage la Prairie)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Stonewall Land Titles Building / Stonewall Town Hall (293 Main Street, Stonewall)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Union Bank Building / Virden Land Titles Office (190 Nelson Street West, Virden)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Winnipeg Land Titles Building (433 Broadway, Winnipeg)

Sources:

Public Buildings Erected and Improved by the Government of Manitoba during the Years 1900-1906, Government of Manitoba, December 1906. [Copy at Archives of Manitoba]

We thank George Penner for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 17 February 2023

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