Historic Sites of Manitoba: Crescent Creamery Building / Hignell Printing Building (488 Burnell Street, Winnipeg)

This brick building on Burnell Street in Winnipeg was designed by architects Lewis H. Jordan and Walter Percy Over, and built in 1912 by Wallace and Akins for the Crescent Creamery Limited. It was used as the company’s central ice cream plant. In 1942, the building became home to the Hignell Printing Company.

Some employees of the company who were killed during service in the First World War were commemorated in a 101st Battalion souvenir program dedicated to Colonel Henry Norlande Ruttan on 24 April 1916, or in a 144th Battalion military vaudeville held at the Winnipeg Theatre on 9-11 March 1916.

Hignell Printing Building (May 2019) Source: George Penner Hignell Printing Building (October 2020) Source: George Penner Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.89193, W97.17076 denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War Casualties

Name	Occupation	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Andrew Dalgleish Brown [Central Congregational, Next of Kin, Norwood Presbyterian]	Clerk	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	23 December 1896	20 October 1918
Walter David Duff	Butcher	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	16 August 1885	23 April 1915
Robert George Duncan [Next of Kin]	Milk Vender	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	21 August 1890	8 October 1916
Alexander Robb Dunn	Driver	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	25 August 1883	1 March 1917
Frederick George Hastings	Foreman	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	16 March 1887	29 April 1917
James Mair [Next of Kin]	Teamster	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	2 April 1886	13 October 1916
Isaac McIntyre	Dairyman	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	9 January 1892	12 August 1916
William Richards	Buttermaker	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	24 April 1895	30 September 1918
John Vosper [Next of Kin]	Dairyman	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	15 April 1888	6 June 1916

See also:

Memorable Manitobans: Walter Percy Over (1874-1944)

Memorable Manitobans: James Malcolm Carruthers (1872-1947)

Manitoba Business: Wallace and Akins

Memorable Manitobans: Robert Arthur Rogers (1862-1929)

Memorable Manitobans: John A. Rogers (1905-1949)

Memorable Manitobans: Jack Raymond Hignell (1930-2015)

Sources:

“488 Burnell Street - Hignell Printing Building” by Christian Cassidy, Winnipeg Places.

We thank Darryl Toews for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by George Penner and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 18 March 2025

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