1883 – Coronation Block, King St., Winnipeg
The Coronation Block, or more popularly the Shanghai Restaurant, was a two storey structure with graceful curved ends.
The Coronation Block, or more popularly the Shanghai Restaurant, was a two storey structure with graceful curved ends.
The Independent Order of Odd Fellows (I.O.O.F.) is a fraternal organization derived from English Odd Fellows orders of the mid-1700s.
This building was constructed for R.J. Whitla & Co., dry goods wholesaler and internally features pre-fabricated cast iron columns.
The date stone over the centre window of the top floor of this building reads 1886,
The original three-storey section of this building was erected in 1887 by a hardware wholesaler, Miller, Morse and Company. Capacity was doubled when a building of identical design was added to the north side in 1892.
This warehouse was built in 1893, for clothing manufacterer and importer,
There is conflicting evidence as to the identity of the architect of this structure.
The west portion of the Brokerage was constructed in 1899 for Edward Nicholson, an Ottawa-born merchant who started a wholesale grocery brokerage firm.
With the adjoining Bain Building, this brick and limestone building is a fine early Winnipeg warehouse.
Like other warehouses on Bannatyne Avenue, the McClary Building benefited from a railway spur to the rear in what is now John Hirsch Place.