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This one-storey brick post office building at Gilbert Plains in the Municipality of Gilbert Plains was designed by Charles D. Sutherland (1879-1957), Chief Architect for the Department of Public Works at Ottawa. It was constructed in 1939.
Period
Postmasters
1892-1900
Samuel Mitchell
1901-1911
John Munroe Dow (1841-1911)
1911-1920
Edward Rankin Dow (1876-1920)
1920
Charles F. Warren
1920-1963
William Robert Peckham (1898-1997)
1963
Arthur Watts Best (1897-1975)
1963-1987
Leslie Arnold Agar
Dominion Post Office at Gilbert Plains (June 2016)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughSite Coordinates (lat/long): N51.15003, W100.48871
denoted by symbol on the map above
Death registration [Edward Rankin Dow], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Obituary [William Robert Peckham], Winnipeg Free Press, 11 January 1997, page 62.
Post Offices and Postmasters, Library and Archives Canada.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada, 1800-1950 by Robert G. Hill, Toronto.
We thank Jordan Makichuk for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 23 September 2022
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