Formerly located at the southeast corner of Notre Dame Avenue and Maryland Street in Winnipeg, a one-storey brick and stucco building, measuring 33 feet by 40 feet, was designed by the local architectural firm of Northwood and Chivers and built in 1929 by the construction firm of Fraser and MacDonald at a cost of about $9,000, as a service station for the Prairie Cities Oil Company. The building originally had one service bay and two gasoline pumps.
In 1938, Prairie Cities Oil was acquired by the North Star Oil Company and the building continued to be used as a service station by the new company until later being demolished. No vestige of it remains on the site today.
Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.90131, W97.15931
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Manitoba Business: Northwood and Chivers / Northwood Chivers and Casey
Manitoba Business: Fraser and MacDonald
Manitoba Business: Prairie Cities Oil Company
Manitoba Business: North Star Oil Company / Shell Oil Canada
“Great year in Winnipeg for home building,” Manitoba Free Press, 13 July 1929, page 26.
“Permits are issued in city in past 7 days,” Winnipeg Tribune, 13 July 1929, page 25.
“Announcing the official opening of the first of a series of our new type service stations,” Winnipeg Tribune, 24 August 1929, page 23.
“Prairie Cities Oil to surrender charter,” Winnipeg Tribune, 10 February 1938, page 14.
Winnipeg fire insurance map, #137 December 1955, City of Winnipeg Archives.
This page was prepared by Jordan Makichuk.
Page revised: 29 December 2024
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