Historic Sites of Manitoba: Eaton’s Power House Building (260 Hargrave Street, Winnipeg)

This brick building at the northwest corner of Hargrave Street and Graham Avenue in Winnipeg was built in 1910 to provide heat and electricity for the adjacent T. Eaton & Company store. It is now occupied by studios of CTV.

The former Eaton’s Power House Building

The former Eaton’s Power House Building (October 2018)
Source: George Penner

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.89194, W97.14433
denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Manitoba Business: T. Eaton Company

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Eaton’s Department Store (345 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Eaton’s Power House Building (260 Hargrave Street, Winnipeg)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Eaton’s Mail Order and Catalogue Building / City Place Building (333 St. Mary Avenue, Winnipeg)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Timothy Eaton Statue (345 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Eaton’s Employee War Memorial (345 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Eaton’s Printing Plant and Warehouse (130 Galt Avenue, Winnipeg)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Polo Park Racetrack / Polo Park Shopping Centre (1485 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Ramsay-Wright Building / Eaton’s Department Store (Main Street North, Dauphin)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Emerson Customs Building / Emerson Hospital (26 Main Street, Emerson, Municipality of Emerson-Franklin)

Manitoba Organization: Eaton Curling Club

A Store Like No Other: Eaton’s of Winnipeg by Russ Gourluck, Winnipeg: Great Plains Publications, 2004.

Sources:

333 St. Mary Avenue, T. Eaton Company Mail Order & Catalogue Building, City of Winnipeg Historical Buildings & Resources Committee, November 2016.

This page was prepared by George Penner and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 5 January 2022

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