Historic Sites of Manitoba: Dominion Post Office Building (39 Main Street SW, Riverton, Municipality of Bifrost-Riverton)

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This one-storey brick veneer post office building on Main Street in Riverton was built in 1962 by A. K. Penner and Sons of Giroux, at a cost of $20,189.

Postmasters

Period

Postmasters

1877-1886

Fridjon Fridrikson

1887-1910

Gurnsteinn Eyolfson

1910-1926

Victor Eyolfson

1926-1927

Arnheidur Guttormson

1929-1945

Halldar J. Eastman

1945

Solia Summaros Eastman

1946

Dorothy Anna Sigvaldson

1946-1949

Walter D. Arcis

1949

Seela Johannesson

1950-1954

Bjorn Solvin William Johnson

1954-1955

Hallgrimur Raymond Benedictson

Photos & Coordinates

Post office building at Riverton

Post office building at Riverton (September 2020)
Source: George Penner

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.99674, W96.99816
denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

“New post office building for Riverton,” Stonewall Argus and Teulon Times, 10 January 1962, 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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