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Historic Sites of Manitoba: Dominion Post Office Building (719 Main Street, Birtle, Municipality of Prairie View)
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Postmasters | Photos & Coordinates | Sources
The red brick post office building at Birtle in the Municipality of Prairie View was designed by Charles D. Sutherland (1879-1957), Chief Architect for the Department of Public Works at Ottawa. It was constructed in 1938.
Postmasters
Period
Postmasters
1879-1882
James H. Wood (1828-1906)
1883-1886
Albert Beresford Wood
1887-1912
W. Hubert H. Wood
1912
Charles E. Hall (1864-1912)
1912-1918
Eva Hall (1878-1942)
1919-1949
Percy Wilkinson (1889-1979)
1949-1963
Dick Leybourne Spencer (1898-1993)
1963-1972
George Arthur Wilkinson
1972-1973
Mrs. F. A. R. McArthur
1973-1987
Ronald AW. MacGranachan
Photos & Coordinates
Dominion Post Office Building at Birtle (March 2016)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Dominion Post Office Building at Birtle (September 2019)
Source: George PennerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N50.42223, W101.04776
denoted by symbol on the map above
Sources:
Post Offices and Postmasters, Library and Archives Canada.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada, 1800-1950 by Robert G. Hill, Toronto.
We thank Jordan Makichuk for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and George Penner.
Page revised: 10 July 2021
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