This two-storey brick and stucco building at the southwest corner of Main Street and Hartford Avenue in West Kildonan (now part of Winnipeg), measuring 40 feet by 60 feet, was designed by the local architectural firm of Moody and Moore. It was built in 1947 at a cost of about $25,000 as a meeting hall for the West Kildonan Branch No. 30 of the Royal Canadian Legion.
The building was officially dedicated and opened on 27 June 1947 at a ceremony attended by secretary of the Manitoba and North Western Ontario Command of the Royal Canadian Legion Alex Cairns, Reverend J. Rance, branch president W. J. A. Moffet, attorney general James Osborne McLenaghen, chairman of the dominion command of the Royal Canadian Legion Arthur Ernest Moore, Reeve and Mayor of West Kildonan Cecil Joseph Henry Lyon, district pensions advocate of the department of veterans affairs A. H. Yetman, and Angus MacLeod.
An addition was later made to the south side of the building along with modifications to the front facade which included moving the original entrance to the addition. At the time of 2023 and 2025 site visits, the building was slightly modified from its original appearance.
A monument first erected in October 2006 by the Montecassino Branch No. 178 at 605 Notre Dame Avenue, now closed, stands in front of the building. It commemorates the Montecassino Branch’s status as the Legion’s first branch.
West Kildonan Legion Hall with Montecassino Legion War Memorial in front (September 2023)
Source: Glen Toews
West Kildonan Legion Hall with Montecassino Legion War Memorial in front (July 2025)
Source: Jordan Makichuk
Montecassino Legion War Memorial (October 2015)
Source: Amber Lahti
Montecassino Legion War Memorial (September 2023)
Source: Glen ToewsSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.93615, W97.11859
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Manitoba Business: Moody and Moore / MMP Architects
Manitoba Organization: Royal Canadian Legion
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Merchants Bank Building / Bank of Montreal Building / West Kildonan Royal Canadian Legion Hall / Safeway Store No. 514 (1793 Main Street, Winnipeg)
“Legion opens memorial hall,” Winnipeg Tribune, 28 June 1947, page 3.
“West Kildonan’s new Legion hall opened,” Winnipeg Free Press, 28 June 1947, page 3.
West Kildonan fire insurance map, #5 November 1961, City of Winnipeg Archives.
A Look Back, West Kildonan Legion.
This page was prepared by Jordan Makichuk, Amber Lahti, Glen Toews, and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 11 October 2025
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