Historic Sites of Manitoba: Clarendon Hotel (311 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg)

The five-storey Clarendon Hotel was built at the northwest corner of Portage Avenue and Donald Street in 1883, on a design by local architect James Chisholm. In 1920, owner Fred W. Leistikow demolished the original structure and replaced it with a two-storey building which, three years later, had to be rebuilt after a severe February fire, under the supervision of Chisholm’s son, C. C. Chisholm. After having various occupants through the years, the building closed in the summer of 1998 and sat vacant for several years before being used as a music store and exhibition space.

In mid-2011, the City of Winnipeg approved its demolition, and the adjacent Mitchell-Copp Building, to make way for a new hotel, office complex, and parkade on the site. Demolition began in March 2012.

Clarendon Hotel (June 2011) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Site Location (lat/long): N49.89375, W97.14370 denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

Clarendon Block / Clarendon Hotel (311 Portage Avenue), City of Winnipeg Historical Buildings Committee, January 1999.

Information for this page was collected and prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 1 March 2012

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