The Stables (49 Adelaide Street, Winnipeg)

This four-storey cream brick and Tyndall Stone trimmed building on Adelaide Street in Winnipeg, measuring 90 feet by 120 feet, was designed by local architects Walter Percy Over and Ewart Fitz Munn. It was built between 1928 and 1929 by the construction firm of Wallace and Akins, at a cost of about $150,000, as a warehouse and stable for the City Dairy Company. Subcontractors included the Bethlehem Steel Company of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania (structural steel) and the Cotter Brothers (plumbing). The first and second floors accommodated up to 200 of the company’s horses and 120 wagons/delivery trucks while the third and fourth floors were used as warehouse space.

In 1929, a gasoline pump was installed inside the building, at a cost of about $250, to make it easier to fill delivery trucks. The following year, a large steel structure, built on the roof by the Dominion Bridge Company at a cost of about $700, displayed a milk bottle to market the company’s signature product.

The City Dairy Company was acquired in 1943 by Silverwood Dairy Limited of London, Ontario. The building continued to be occupied by Silverwood Dairy until 1974, when it was sold to the garment manufacturer Jacob-Crowley Manufacturing Company. The building has since been converted to condominiums known as The Stables.

City Dairy warehouse and stable under construction (August 1928)
Source: Winnipeg Tribune, 18 August 1928, page 23.

City Dairy Warehouse and Stable Building (April 1929)
Source: Manitoba Free Press, 20 April 1929, page 10.

The Stables Apartments (November 2021)
Source: George Penner

The Stables Apartments (August 2024)
Source: Jordan Makichuk

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.89737, W97.14396
denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

City of Winnipeg Building Permit 3648/1928, City of Winnipeg Archives .

“Large new stable for City Dairy Company,” Manitoba Free Press, 4 August 1928, page 17.

“Big building for City Dairy,” Winnipeg Tribune, 18 August 1928, page 23.

“City Dairy Co. built stable and storehouse,” Winnipeg Tribune, 18 August 1928, page 23.

“Large factory and other big jobs this week,” Winnipeg Tribune, 1 September 1928, page 11.

“City Dairy Co. begins work on $150,000 stable,” Winnipeg Tribune, 1 September 1928, page 11.

“Construction notes in Winnipeg,” Manitoba Free Press, 1 September 1928, page 36.

“Winter building in Winnipeg,” Manitoba Free Press, 20 April 1929, page 10.

City of Winnipeg Building Permit 4017/1929, City of Winnipeg Archives .

City of Winnipeg Building Permit 4821/1930, City of Winnipeg Archives .

Winnipeg fire insurance map, #233 May 1956, City of Winnipeg Archives.

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

Property Details [49 Adelaide Street], Winnipeg Assessment and Taxation.

We thank George Penner for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Jordan Makichuk.

Page revised: 2 January 2026

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