Portage Avenue Winnipeg

Named because it was the road to the town of Portage la Prairie, west of Winnipeg.

2015 – Alt Hotel, Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Architect: Stantec

Multi-purpose development with office accommodation as a podium for a small boutique hotel in a short tower.

1909 – Child’s Building, Portage Avenue, Winnipeg

Architect: John H. G. Russell

Previously known as the McArthur Building. Demolished in the early 1980s to make way for a skyscraper development.

1907 – Nanton Building, Portage Avenue, Winnipeg

Architect: Darling & Pearson

Demolished.

1901 – Former YMCA, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Architect: George Creeford Browne

Former YMCA building that was later heavily remodeled to become the Birks Building. Used as a branch of the YMCA from 1901 until 1913 when their new downtown building opened on Vaughan Street.

1891 – Deaf & Dumb Institute, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Architect: Charles H. Wheeler

Constructed on Portage Avenue in two stages. Demolished in 1959.

1914 – Kensington Building, Portage Avenue, Winnipeg

Architect: John D. Atchison

Demolished and replaced with a taller building of less architectural merit, but similarly named.

1905 – Northern Bank, Winnipeg

Architect: George W. Northwood

Established as Winnipeg’s Northern Bank in 1905 and merging with the exclusively Ontario-based Crown Bank of Canada in 1908 to form the Northern Crown Bank.

1971 – 161 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Part of the Lombard complex of buildings that includes the Richardson tower, and the Fairmont Hotel, this small office block is linked directly into Winnipeg’s underground walkway system.

1912 – Boyd Building, Winnipeg, Manitoba