MHM West Clements Block / Bijou Theatre - Winnipeg MB
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This Manitoba Historic Marker is one of two at the Main Street entrance to Old Market Square in the Historic Exchange District of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Waymark Code: WMC3M2
Location: Manitoba, Canada
Date Posted: 07/21/2011
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Marker Name: Historic Winnipeg - West Clements Block (Bijou Theatre) 1884-1979
Agency: Historic Winnipeg
Languages: English
Location:
Entrance to Market Square
west side of Main Street, 30 meters (100 ft) south of William Ave
Marker Text:
West Clements Block
(Bijou Theatre)
1884-1979
In 1884 John H. Clements commissioned architects Charles A. and Earl W. Barber to design a curving three storey red brick building along the bend in Main Street. Architects Alexander D. and William N. Melville added a vaudeville theatre, The Bijou, to the rear of the building in 1904 for Johnny Nash (John A. Schuberg) and Frederick Burrows. The theatre closed in 1956, and the complex burned in 1979.
Website: [Web Link]
Link to HistoricPlaces.ca or mhs.mb.ca: Not listed
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