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Historic Sites of Manitoba: Wawanesa Telephone Exchange Building (24 Government Road, Wawanesa, Municipality of Oakland-Wawanesa)A one-storey wood frame building on Government Road in Wawanesa was designed by Winnipeg architect John Hamilton Gordon Russell and built in 1924 to house local circuitry for the Manitoba Telephone System. Originally located on Fourth Street, it was used by the company until 1973 when a new building was constructed beside it and the original building was moved here.
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Sources:Sipiweske: Light Through the Trees by Wawanesa & District History Book Committee, 1988, page 33. Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada, 1800-1950 by Robert G. Hill, Toronto. This page was prepared by Jordan Makichuk, Ken Jacobs, and Gordon Goldsborough. Page revised: 20 May 2022
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