This three-storey brick building on Sutherland Avenue in the Point Douglas area of Winnipeg was designed by the local architectural firm of Pratt and Ross, and built in 1912 for the Brown and Rutherford Lumber Company, replacing earlier structures destroyed by fire on 6 April 1900 and 26 April 1912.
The building was vacated sometime before July 2023.
Brown and Rutherford mill on fire (26 April 1912)
Source: Peel’s Prairie Provinces, PC001285
Brown and Rutherford Building (1929)
Source: Manitoba Free Press, 29 May 1929, page 32.
Brown and Rutherford Building (April 2015)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Brown and Rutherford Building (March 2020)
Source: Rose Kuzina
Brown and Rutherford Building (March 2024)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Brown and Rutherford Building (March 2024)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.90380, W97.11611
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Manitoba Business: Pratt and Ross
MHS Centennial Business: Brown and Rutherford Company
“Point Douglas lumber mills wiped out yesterday; water supply too low to be of use,” Winnipeg Tribune, 27 April 1912, page 1.
“Modern fireproof structure, erected by Brown & Rutherford, to replace the building destroyed by fire,” Manitoba Free Press, 14 December 1912, page 13.
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.
Page revised: 23 March 2024
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