Formerly located at the southeast corner of Jarvis Avenue and McKenzie Street, adjacent to the Canadian Pacific Railway yards, in Winnipeg, a one-storey brick building, measuring 20.11 feet by 57.10 feet, was designed by Herbert Edward Matthews, district resident architect of the Dominion Department of Public Works. It was built in 1927 by the construction firm of Macaw and Macdonald at a cost of about $17,160, as a grain inspection building for the railway.
The building has been demolished and no vestiges of it remain today.
Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.91392, W97.15411
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: Herbert Edward Matthews (1868-1941)
Manitoba Business: M and M Construction / Macaw and Macdonald
MHS Centennial Business: Canadian Pacific Railway Company / CPKC
“Govt. to build grain inspection plant here,” Winnipeg Tribune, 21 December 1926, page 17.
City of Winnipeg Building Permit 152/1927, City of Winnipeg Archives.
Winnipeg fire insurance map, #272 May 1956, City of Winnipeg Archives.
This page was prepared by Jordan Makichuk.
Page revised: 11 October 2025
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