Historic Sites of Manitoba: Dominion Post Office Building (445 Third Avenue, Rapid City, RM of Oakview)

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This one-storey brick veneer structure on Third Avenue in Rapid City was constructed in 1961 by the Steinbach firm of Steinbach Lumber Yards Limited.

Postmasters

Period

Postmasters

1879-1882

Peter Ferguson

1883-1889

D. A. Happer

1889-1897

George L. Stone

1898-1907

John B. Dunoon

1907-1911

Henry Clay

1911-1927

John Whyte (1850-1927)

1927-1946

Arthur James Hartwell

1946-1977

Harry Clement Robinson

1977-1983

Georgia Robinson

Photos & Coordinates

Post office building at Rapid City

Post office building at Rapid City (June 2019)
Source: George Penner

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.12069, W100.03597
denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

Death registration [John Whyte], Manitoba Vital Statistics.

“Steinbach firm awarded post office contract,” Rapid City Reporter, 8 December 1960, page 1.

Post Offices and Postmasters, Library and Archives Canada.

This page was prepared by George Penner and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 17 October 2020

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