In May 1916, when a building occupied by the Stovel Printing Company were gutted by fire, the firm engaged architects John Woodman and Raymond Carey to design a replacement factory and warehouse. The resulting two-storey structure was erected at a cost of $160,000. Post-construction alterations included a new basement (1959) and new roof, windows and flooring (1977). The building was later sold to the Dominion Construction Company, then to a succession of other owners. It is a municipally-designated historic site.
On 25 March 1920, at a ceremony held at the Manitoba Hall, the company unveiled a brass tablet listing its employees who were killed during service in the First World War.
First World War Casualties
Name |
Occupation |
Service |
Rank |
Birth Date |
Death Date |
Alfred John Allen |
Lithographer |
27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
22 April 1893 |
9 June 1916 |
Edgar Cecil Ardell
[Next of Kin] |
Compositer |
4th Division Train, Canadian Army Service Corps |
Private |
31 May 1883 |
20 November 1917 |
Harry Hughes |
Printer |
52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
5 August 1895 |
12 June 1916 |
Reginald Alexander Leonard
[St. John's Cathedral] |
Printer |
Canadian Field Artillery |
Gunner |
23 August 1895 |
1 December 1918 |
John Alexander MacDonald |
Photo Engraver |
1st Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own) |
Lieutenant |
4 September 1893 |
30 November 1917 |
William James Minnis |
Clerk |
16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Sergeant |
24 November 1879 |
1 October 1918 |
Andrew Lewis Peterson
[Stonewall] |
Pressman |
43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1894 |
26 October 1917 |
Arthur Thornton
[Holy Trinity, Next of Kin] |
Pressman |
10th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery |
Sergeant |
16 July 1889 |
5 November 1917 |
See also:
Manitoba Business: Stovel Printing Company
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Stovel Block / Kay Building (245 McDermot Avenue, Winnipeg)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Municipally Designated Historic Sites
Sources:
“Stovels honor memory of fallen,” Manitoba Free Press, 27 March 1920, page 7.
Stovel Printing Building (365 Bannatyne Street), City of Winnipeg Historical Buildings Committee, August 1992.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Darryl Toews.
Page revised: 15 January 2023
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