Formerly located on the south side of Sutherland Avenue between Schultz Street and Charles Street, adjacent to the Canadian Pacific Railway yards, in Winnipeg, a two-storey brick and reinforced concrete building, measuring 50 feet by 177 feet, was designed by the in-house architects. It was built in 1913 by the construction firm of C. W. Sharp & Son at a cost of about $60,000 as a general merchandise warehouse for the Canadian Pacific Railway. A wide range of merchandise was loaded and unloaded into boxcars via a spur line off the railway yards on the north and south sides of the building.
The building has been demolished and no vestige remains today.
Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.90790, W97.13948
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: Charles Wallace Sharp (1852-1924)
MHS Centennial Business: Canadian Pacific Railway Company / CPKC
City of Winnipeg Building Permit 1795/1913, City of Winnipeg Archives.
Winnipeg Fire Insurance Map #266, December 1910 - revised May 1914, Library and Archives Canada.
Henderson’s Winnipeg and Brandon Directories, Henderson Directories Limited, Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Libraries.
Winnipeg Fire Insurance Map #266, December 1917 [Revised September 1921], Library and Archives Canada.
Winnipeg fire insurance map, #266 May 1956, City of Winnipeg Archives.
This page was prepared by Jordan Makichuk.
Page revised: 11 October 2025
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