Historic Sites of Manitoba: Curran Block (629-631 Rosser Avenue, Brandon)

This three-storey brick building in Brandon was constructed around 1911 for hardware merchant Joseph B. Curran. On the main floor was commercial space, with residential apartments on the upper two floors.

Curran Block

Curran Block (May 2018)
Source: George Penner

Curran Block

Curran Block (August 2023)
Source: Eva Janssen

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.84860, W99.94674
denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Memorable Manitobans: Joseph Benson Curran (1855-1935)

Sources:

Henderson’s Winnipeg and Brandon Directories, Henderson Directories Limited, Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Libraries.

“Joseph B. Curran died on Monday,” Brandon Sun, 16 July 1935, page 11.

We thank George Penner and Eva Janssen for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 2 September 2023

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