1886 – Post Office, Main Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba

At the corner of McDermot Avenue and Main Street, this was constructed as the Winnipeg Post Office and Customs Office. It was only used as such until 1908, when a new post office building was constructed on Portage Avenue. Used as federal offices until its demolition in the early 1960s, it almost outlasted its replacement. A fine looking building with alternating bands of brick and stone, it was also a more innovative design than the French Renaissance style of the subsequent post office.