This two-storey dark red brick and Tyndall Stone trimmed, Commercial Italianate-style building was on Main Street in Winnipeg. Measuring 29.8 feet by 50 feet, it was built in 1906 by the Malcom Brothers Construction Company at a cost of about $5,000, for owner Simon Elliott (1856-1935). In its original configuration, the building contained a single retail space on the main floor which housed Simon's grocery business and a single residential apartment on the upper floor.
Subcontractors included Alsip Brick, Tile & Lumber Company Limited (bricks).
Later occupied by the Winnipeg Bag Company, owned by Ralph Zilberman (1903-1974), in 1941 a one-storey wood frame and sheet metal garage measuring 12 feet by 18 feet was added at a cost of about $100. The building was destroyed by fire on 26 January 1948, and the site is now occupied by a different building.
Elliott Block (1913)
Source: City of Winnipeg Archives
Elliott Block after a fire (January 1948)
Source: Winnipeg Tribune, 27 January 1948, page 1.Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.91210, W97.13223
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Manitoba Business: Malcom Brothers Construction Company / Malcom Construction Company
Manitoba Business: Alsip Brick, Tile & Lumber Company Limited / Alsip's Building Products and Services
City of Winnipeg Building Permit 1227/1906, City of Winnipeg Archives.
Winnipeg fire insurance map, #220 December 1917, City of Winnipeg Archives.
“Permits issued,” Winnipeg Tribune, 16 August 1941, page 14.
Winnipeg fire insurance map, #220 December 1947, City of Winnipeg Archives.
“$65,000 loss as plants burn,” Winnipeg Tribune, 27 January 1948, page 1.
Henderson’s Winnipeg and Brandon Directories, Henderson Directories Limited, Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Libraries.
Property Details [973-975 Main Street], Winnipeg Assessment and Taxation.
This page was prepared by Jordan Makichuk and Kerrin Asmundson.
Page revised: 20 September 2026
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