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Historic Sites of Manitoba: Virden Telephone Exchange Building (560 Seventh Avenue South, Virden)

This small one-storey brick building on Seventh Avenue South in Virden was designed by architect Alexander D. Melville and erected in 1930, at a cost of $15,351, for the Manitoba Telephone System. In 2008, it was in use for provincial government offices. Damaged in a 2012 fire, the building was put up for sale in 2015. It was vacant at the time of a 2018 site visit.

Former Telephone Exchange Building at Virden

Former Telephone Exchange Building at Virden (September 2008)
Source: Ken Storie

Former Telephone Exchange Building at Virden

Former Telephone Exchange Building at Virden (June 2020)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.84899, W100.93020
denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Memorable Manitobans: Alexander D. Melville (1873-1949)

MHS Centennial Business: Manitoba Government Telephones / Manitoba Telephone System / MTS Allstream / Bell MTS

Sources:

Report to the Honourable the Provincial Treasurer, Manitoba Telephone System, November 30, 1930, Archives of Manitoba, Minister of Public Utilities files, GR1550.

“Developed commercial property for sale,” Virden Empire-Advance, 15 May 2015, page A25.

“Price reduced,” Brandon Sun, 8 April 2017, page 32.

This page was prepared by Ken Storie and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 2 March 2023

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