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Manitoba Business: Shepley Construction Company

This Winnipeg-based construction company was established by brothers Leslie Harman Shepley and Ira E. Shepley.

Some of its construction work in Manitoba included:

Building

Location

Year

Status

Milton Bakery Building

Bannatyne Avenue at Olivia Street, Winnipeg

1910

Demolished (?)

Rosedale Methodist Church

525 Beresford Avenue, Winnipeg

1910

 

King Edward Memorial Hospital

1 Morley Avenue, Winnipeg

1911-1912

Demolished (?)

Robertson Memorial Presbyterian Church

648 Burrows Avenue, Winnipeg

1911

 

Campbell Brothers and Wilson Warehouse (expansion)

92-100 Princess Street, Winnipeg

1912

 

Gordon-Mackay Warehouse

638 Pacific Avenue, Brandon

1913

 

See also:

Memorable Manitobans: Leslie Harman Shepley (1874-1959)

Sources:

“Most up-to-date bakery in Canada,” Winnipeg Tribune, 27 July 1910, page 1.

“Work rushed on new hospital,” Winnipeg Tribune, 3 June 1911, page 8.

“Poor work of hospital,” Manitoba Free Press, 28 January 1913, page 7.

“Contractors' denial,” Manitoba Free Press, 10 February 1913, page 8.

“Many new companies,” Winnipeg Tribune, 24 March 1913, page 4.

“Shepley Construction Company erect handsome building at Brandon,” Winnipeg Tribune, 28 February 1914, page 11.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 9 April 2023

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