Thursday, April 21, 2011

City of Winnipeg's Historical Buildings Inventory

The City of Winnipeg keeps a inventory of its historic buildings.  These buildings are not on the Heritage Conservation list, but are recognized as structures with historic value. The recent loss of the former Regal Furniture Building on Arlington and Logan (not on inventory) highlights the city's need to keep a better inventory of their history.

The following buildings are missing from the Inventory, and recieve no protection from demolition:

1. Kaye's Auction House (1903-06)
2. Assiniboine School (1922)
3. Parkview Building (Portage Avenue @ Parkview St)
4. 655 Logan Avenue
5. nearly all of the commercial blocks on Osborne between River and Corydon
6. former Northern Bank, Main at Selkirk
7. M.J. Roofing (Sinclair St at Dufferin)
8. former Merchants bank Selkirk at Arlington (1920)
9. Mansfield Court on Ellice
10. Manwin Hotel (1882)
11. Mac's/Ellice Cafe & Theater
12. Palace Theater
13. Cathedral Avenue Fire Station
14. Lord Kitchener School (1915)
15. Lord Wolseley School (1915)
16. former John Deere warehouse (Border Glass)
17. Hurtig Building (1902)
18. 516, 524, and 584 Balmoral (1884-1895)
19. Holy Eucharist Ukrainian Orthodox Church (1952)
20. Hamilton House (1910)
21. Warehouse, 318 Ross (1905)
22. Western Paint Building (1908)
23. 103 Fulham (1931)
24. Fort Rouge United Church
25.  Duplex, 448 Cumberland
26. Dominion Bridge Works (1907)
27. Dominion Express Building (1904)
28. CNIB/AFM Building (1928)
29. California Fruit MArket
30. Bardal Funeral Home (1906)
31. former Bank of Toronto, Academy Road (1934)
32. Rose Theater
33. Roxy Theater
34. Lechtzier Turkish Baths (King St. next to S. A. Citadel) (1903)
35. Warehouse, 83 Kate (1909)
36. Warehouse, 468 Ross (1910)
37. St. Edward's Convent (1920-22)
38. St. James Park Block
39. St. Regis Hotel (1909)
40. Warehouse, 312 William (1912)
41. Tec Voc High School (1949-51)
42. WW1 Cenotaph, Memorial Blvd (1928)


These buildings deserve the same measure of protection.  Surely they are mor worthy of historical value than these:
http://www.winnipeg.ca/ppd/historic/pdf-inventory/Annabella151-overview.pdf
http://www.winnipeg.ca/ppd/historic/pdf-inventory/Bannerman99-overview.pdf
http://www.winnipeg.ca/ppd/historic/pdf-inventory/Cornish29-overview.pdf
http://www.winnipeg.ca/ppd/historic/pdf-inventory/Dafoe83-overview.pdf
http://www.winnipeg.ca/ppd/historic/pdf-inventory/Dumoulin348-overview.pdf
http://www.winnipeg.ca/ppd/historic/pdf-inventory/EastGate96-overview.pdf
http://www.winnipeg.ca/ppd/historic/pdf-inventory/Higgins55-overview.pdf
http://www.winnipeg.ca/ppd/historic/pdf-inventory/Magnus469-overview.pdf
http://www.winnipeg.ca/ppd/historic/pdf-inventory/Main822-overview.pdf
http://www.winnipeg.ca/ppd/historic/pdf-inventory/MiddleGate40-overview.pdf
http://www.winnipeg.ca/ppd/historic/pdf-inventory/Scotia65-overview.pdf
http://www.winnipeg.ca/ppd/historic/pdf-inventory/Selkirk181-overview.pdf
http://www.winnipeg.ca/ppd/historic/pdf-inventory/WestGate66-overview.pdf
http://www.winnipeg.ca/ppd/historic/pdf-inventory/William288-overview.pdf