1884 – Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Winnipeg, Manitoba
The third church on this site,
The third church on this site,
Built in the boom years of the early 1880s,
This building was constructed for R.J.
Designed by local architect James Chisholm as mixed retail and office space for merchants Edward and Annie E.
A complete Victorian fantasy of a city hall,
Constructed as the Winnipeg Post Office and Customs Office, it was only used as such until 1908,
Originally constructed on the grounds of the second Winnipeg City Hall in 1886.
The date stone over the centre window of the top floor of this building reads 1886,
No longer connected to the railway network, this is an early survivor of the Northern Pacific and Manitoba Railway.
Armstrong’s Point was intended as an enclave of palatial residences for the new rich merchant classes of the booming Winnipeg in the late 19th century.