This two-storey, red-brown brick building on Main Street in West Kildonan (now part of Winnipeg), measuring 24 feet by 40 feet, was built in 1912 by meat and vegetable merchant John R. Scarfe (1848-1927). The building had single commercial space on its main floor and two residential apartments on the second floor.
At the time of a 2022 site visit, the building was relatively unmodified from its original appearance, but by 2025 its original brick facade had been covered by siding.
Scarfe Block (October 2016)
Source: Kerrin Asmundson
Scarfe Block (May 2022)
Source: Jordan Makichuk
Scarfe Block (March 2025)
Source: George Penner
Rear of the Scarfe Block (August 2025)
Source: Jordan MakichukSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.93582, W97.11813
denoted by symbol on the map above
Death registration [John Scarfe], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Henderson’s Winnipeg and Brandon Directories, Henderson Directories Limited, Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Libraries.
“Resident here 47 years dead,” Winnipeg Tribune, 7 December 1927, page 7.
1878, The Year Past: Report of the City of Winnipeg Historical Buildings Committee.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
We thank George Penner and Kerrin Asmundson for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Jordan Makichuk and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 13 September 2025
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