Historic Sites of Manitoba: Moore's Service Station (260 Kennedy Street, Winnipeg)

Formerly located on Kennedy Street in Winnipeg, a one-storey wood frame, sheet metal, and stucco building, measuring 20 feet by 28 feet, was built in 1931 by contractor John Richard Williams at a cost of about $1,500. It was intended as a service station for Moore’s Taxi Limited, operated by George Moore. The building originally had two gasoline pumps that sold Imperial Oil brand gasoline and a small office for the service station attendant.

The building was demolished in the 1950s and the site is now occupied by another commercial building.

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.89136, W97.14831 denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Memorable Manitobans: John Richard Williams (1878-1939)

Manitoba Business: The Imperial Oil Company Limited / Imperial Oil Limited

Memorable Manitobans: George Moore (1891-1961)

Sources:

City of Winnipeg Building Permit 1465/1931, City of Winnipeg Archives.

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

“Home builders this week start 17 dwellings,” Manitoba Free Press, 30 May 1931, page 23.

Obituary [George Moore], Winnipeg Tribune, 4 July 1961, page 19.

Winnipeg fire insurance map, #101 February 1963, City of Winnipeg Archives.

This page was prepared by Jordan Makichuk.

Page revised: 21 September 2025

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