This two-storey brick and concrete building on Logan Avenue in Winnipeg was built by the contracting firm of Carter-Halls-Aldinger in 1918 at a cost of about $30,000. It measured 60 feet wide and 187 feet long along its south/longest side and was an oil storage warehouse for The Imperial Oil Company. Spur lines of the Canadian Pacific Railway Pembina Branch were located immediately to the northeast and south of the building, with another Imperial Oil Warehouse situated across the south spur track. A public roadway named Knox Street formerly ran along the building's east flank between Logan and Alexander Avenue, though it has since been closed. The building was later used as a lumber warehouse.
The building was destroyed by fire on 6 August 2023.
The former Imperial Oil Warehouse (November 2021)
Source: Nathan Kramer
The former Imperial Oil Warehouse (July 2022)
Source: Nathan Kramer
The former Imperial Oil Warehouse (July 2022)
Source: Nathan Kramer
The former Imperial Oil Warehouse (October 2023)
Source: Jordan MakichukSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.91131, W97.16550
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Manitoba Business: Carter-Halls-Aldinger / Commonwealth Construction Company
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Imperial Oil Cooperage / Courier Press Building (955 Alexander Avenue, Winnipeg)
Manitoba Business: The Imperial Oil Company Limited / Imperial Oil Limited
City of Winnipeg Building Permit 928/1918, City of Winnipeg Archives.
Archives of Manitoba fire insurance plan collection, Western Canada Fire Underwriters’ Association fire insurance plans of Winnipeg - Series 2 - Volume 2 - Sheet 263 (1917), Archives of Manitoba.
Archives of Manitoba fire insurance plan collection, Western Canada Fire Underwriters’ Association fire insurance plans of Winnipeg - Series 3 - Volume 2 - Sheet 263 (1931), Archives of Manitoba.
Winnipeg fire insurance map, #263 May 1956, City of Winnipeg Archives.
“Major fire continues to burn at Winnipeg lumber yard Sunday afternoon,” CBC News, 6 August 2023.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer and Jordan Makichuk.
Page revised: 31 December 2023
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