Built around 1900, this one-storey brick building on Seventh Avenue South in Virden was occupied at various times by harnessmaker Ted Boiteau (1884-1952), shoemaker Ed Howell, and other businesses.
Boiteau Harness Building (September 2019)
Source: George PennerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.84991, W100.93065
denoted by symbol on the map above
Ted Boiteau Harness Shop Building - 461 7th Avenue, Virden Downtown Heritage District.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
This page was prepared by George Penner, Anne Brazeau, and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 18 August 2022
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