1902 – Merchants Bank, Main Street, Winnipeg
Winnipeg’s first steel framed building at seven storeys high. Merchants Bank of Canada was taken over by the Bank of Montreal in the early 1920s.
Winnipeg’s first steel framed building at seven storeys high. Merchants Bank of Canada was taken over by the Bank of Montreal in the early 1920s.
Fantastic warehouse in the almost ubiquitous yellow brick with stone dressings that characterises much of this part of the Exchange.
The center of commerce in The Exchange District, the Grain Exchange Building reflected the growth of Winnipeg at the turn of the century after the growth of the railroads.
The Union Trust Tower occupies an unusually long and narrow site at the corner of Lombard Avenue and Main Street.
Erected for one of Western Canada’s largest financial institutions, the Great-West Life Assurance Company which was founded in Winnipeg in 1891,
Considered one of the finest examples of modernist architecture in the city, this brick-and-glass structure incorporates some of the same design elements used in the Barcelona Pavilion.
At 124 metres and 34 floors, this is one of the tallest buildings in the city,