CNHS - The Confederation Building ~ Winnipeg MB
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PeterNoG
N 49° 53.916 W 097° 08.337
14U E 633652 N 5529017
This Canadian National Historic plaque is dedicated to The Confederation Building. This 'Site' plaque is mounted on the southwest corner of this building at 457 Main Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Waymark Code: WM8WHT
Location: Manitoba, Canada
Date Posted: 05/21/2010
Views: 5
~ text from marker ~
The Confederation Building
This ten story steel-framed office block is representative of early high-rise building construction technology in Winnipeg. Designed in the Chicago style of architecture by J. Wilson Gray of Toronto, it was erected in 1912 by the Carter-Halls-Aldinger Company of Winnipeg at a cost of $400,000. The building was owned and occupied by the Confederation Life Assurance for over 50 years. Its style, use, and placement within Winnipeg's commercial core make it an enduring symbol of the city's great economic and spatial growth in the early twentieth century.
Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada
~ There's no date but it was plaqued in 1982 ~
Classification: National Historic Site
Province or Territory: Manitoba
Location - City name/Town name: Winnipeg
Link to Parks Canada entry (must be on www.pc.gc.ca): [Web Link]
Link to HistoricPlaces.ca: [Web Link]
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