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This two-storey brick building in downtown Russell originally housed the local branch of the Merchants Bank. Built in 1915, it replaced an earlier bank building that dated from 1906. For more than 50 years, it was home to the local newspaper, the Russell Banner, until it moved out in 2003.

Merchants Bank Building / Russell Banner Building (August 2013) Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Site Location (lat/long): N50.78157, W101.28774 denoted by symbol on the map above |
See also:
Manitoba Business: Russell Banner
Sources:
Russell Historical Walking Tour, Asessippi Parkland Tourism.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 10 January 2018
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