A two-storey brick stable at this site on Ash Street in Melita, measuring 112 feet x 53 feet, was built in 1903 for E. Briggs using locally made red bricks. It featured a small wooden elevator built into its north wall and decorative corbelled brickwork on the parapet. The second floor was used for harness storage and living space and the main floor could accommodate 68 horses.
The business was taken over by a number of short-term operators but remained in the Briggs family estate until 1941 when the Town of Melita took it over. In 1942 it became known as the Melita Seed and Feed Building, first operated by the A. M. Thompson Seed Company and then C. P. Cook from 1961. The building did not appear to have significant alterations to the exterior over the years.
Around 2009-2010, after years of vacancy, the building was demolished due to severe structural issues. It was replaced at the site by a lumber warehouse.
Melita Feed and Seed Building (August 2008)
Source: Kerrin AsmundsonSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.27086, W100.98932
denoted by symbol on the map above
Our First Century: Town of Melita and Municipality of Arthur by Melita-Arthur History Committee, 1983, pages 387-388.
This page was prepared by Kerrin Asmundson and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 27 December 2025
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