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Historic Sites of Manitoba: McKerchar Block (600 Main Street, Winnipeg)

This three-storey brick building on Main Street in Winnipeg was designed by local architect John Hamilton Gordon Russell and built in 1903 by Edward Cass and Jon J. Vopni for John A. McKerchar.

McKerchar Block

McKerchar Block (January 2018)
Source: George Penner

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.90215, W97.13661
denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Memorable Manitobans: John Hamilton Gordon Russell (1863-1946)

Memorable Manitobans: Edward Cass (1849-1932)

Memorable Manitobans: Jon Jonnson Vopni (1864-1956)

Memorable Manitobans: John Archibald McKerchar (1862-1948)

Sources:

McKerchar Block, 600 Main Street, Winnipeg Historical Buildings & Resources Committee, October 2015.

This page was prepared by George Penner.

Page revised: 9 January 2021

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