Historic Sites of Manitoba: Dominion Post Office Building (584 Mountain Avenue, Winkler)

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Postmasters | Photos & Coordinates | Sources

This one-storey brick post office building located at the southeast corner of Mountain Avenue and Sixth Street at Winkler was designed by Charles D. Sutherland (1879-1957), Chief Architect for the Department of Public Works at Ottawa, and built in 1938 by the Claydon Construction Company of Winnipeg at a cost of about $12,500. The building is now occupied by a senior citizens centre.

Postmasters

Period	Postmasters
1884-1913	B. Loewen
1913-1944	Isaac E. Loewen (1883-?)
1944-1947	Frederick John Rietze
1947-1948	Walter Dick
1949	Frederick John Rietze
1949-1974	Frank George Loewen
1975-1978	John Evans
1975	James R. Karlson

Photos & Coordinates

Former Dominion Post Office Building at Winkler (February 2023) Source: Jordan Makichuk Former Dominion Post Office Building at Winkler (May 2023) Source: George Penner Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.18161, W97.94036 denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Manitoba Business: Claydon Brothers Construction Company / Claydon Construction Limited

Sources:

“Winkler will have public building,” Winnipeg Tribune, 12 March 1938, page 14.

Post Offices and Postmasters, Library and Archives Canada.

Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada, 1800-1950 by Robert G. Hill, Toronto.

We thank George Penner for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Jordan Makichuk and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 21 May 2023

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