This striking two-storey brick and terracotta building on Main Street in Winnipeg, measuring 38 feet by 99 feet, was designed by Montreal-based architect Howard Colton Stone (1860-1918) assisted by local architect Leonard Temple Bristow. It was constructed at a cost of $27,350 between mid-1907 and early 1908 by the Claydon Brothers Construction Company with structural steel provided by the Dominion Bridge Company. It became a branch of the Dominion Bank, opening officially on 20 January 1908.
In 1955, when the bank merged with the Bank of Toronto to form the new Toronto-Dominion Bank, the new company continued to occupy the main floor until early 1980s, while office and residential space on the second floor was occupied into the 1960s. In the mid-2000s, the building was renovated into an architectural studio, with an addition made on its north side.
A municipally-designated historic site (February 2007), the building received a Conservation Award from Heritage Winnipeg in 2008.
The former Dominion Bank Building before the northern addition (2006)
Source: George Penner
The former Dominion Bank Building (February 2016)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
The former Dominion Bank Building (May 2021)
Source: Jordan Makichuk
The former Dominion Bank Building (September 2024)
Source: George PennerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.90423, W97.13504
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: Leonard Temple Bristow (1876-1966)
Manitoba Business: Claydon Brothers Construction Company / Claydon Construction Limited
Manitoba Business: Dominion Bridge Company
Manitoba Business: Dominion Bank
Manitoba Business: Bank of Toronto / Toronto-Dominion Bank
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Municipally Designated Historic Sites
Manitoba Restoration & Conservation Directory: Bridgman Collaborative Architecture Limited
City of Winnipeg Building Permit 1165/1907, City of Winnipeg Archives.
“Improvement in north end,” Winnipeg Tribune, 13 March 1907, page 4.
“Building operations,” Winnipeg Tribune, 8 April 1907, page 7.
“Beautiful new bank building,” Manitoba Free Press, 18 January 1908, page 14.
“The new branch of the Dominion Bank,” Manitoba Free Press, 25 January 1908, page 5.
Dominion Bank Building, 678 Main Street, City of Winnipeg Historical Buildings Committee, January 2007.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough, Jordan Makichuk, George Penner, and S. Goldsborough.
Page revised: 6 July 2025
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