This one-storey brick building at the northwest corner of Inglewood Street and Portage Avenue in Winnipeg, measuring 24 feet by 65 feet, was constructed in 1937 at a cost of about $18,000 as offices for the St. James Leader weekly newspaper.
Leader Building (1937)
Source: Winnipeg Tribune, 4 September 1937, page 4.
Leader Building (November 2020)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Leader Building (October 2022)
Source: Kerrin Asmundson
Leader Building (September 2023)
Source: Jordan MakichukSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.87883, W97.22034
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Manitoba Business: St. James Leader
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Leader Block (69 Main Street, Carman)
“Building booming, permits have been issued for sixty-nine dwellings,” Winnipeg Free Press, 24 July 1937, page 13.
“The new home of the St. James Leader printers and publishers,” Winnipeg Tribune, 4 September 1937, page 4.
This page was prepared by Kerrin Asmundson, Jordan Makichuk, and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 26 November 2023
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