This two-storey brick and Tyndall stone building at the southwest corner of Jarvis Avenue and McKenzie Street, adjacent to the Canadian Pacific Railway yards, in Winnipeg, measuring 32 feet by 78 feet, was designed by the CPR in-house architects. It was built in 1927 by the Wyatt Construction Company at a cost of about $26,200, as the car cleaners building for the railway. It originally served as the office for the Car Cleaners Department of the railway with a covered shelter on the south side with two tracks where the passenger cars would be cleaned.
Later serving as the yard office for the railway, the building was demolished in September 2025.
Canadian Pacific Railway Car Cleaners Building (September 2025)
Source: Jordan Makichuk
Canadian Pacific Railway Car Cleaners Building being demolished (September 2025)
Source: Jordan Makichuk
Canadian Pacific Railway Car Cleaners Building being demolished (September 2025)
Source: Jordan Makichuk
Canadian Pacific Railway Car Cleaners Building being demolished (September 2025)
Source: Jordan MakichukSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.91409, W97.15468
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Manitoba Business: Manitoba Engineering Company / Wyatt Construction Company
MHS Centennial Business: Canadian Pacific Railway Company / CPKC
City of Winnipeg Building Permit 1271/1927, City of Winnipeg Archives.
Winnipeg fire insurance map, #272 May 1956, City of Winnipeg Archives.
This page was prepared by Jordan Makichuk.
Page revised: 11 October 2025
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