MHM Lombard Commerce Building - Winnipeg MB
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PeterNoG
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This Manitoba Historical Marker is at the doorway of 177 Lombard Avenue in Winnipeg, Manitoba
Waymark Code: WMFVHA
Location: Manitoba, Canada
Date Posted: 12/03/2012
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Constructed between 1909 and 1911, this was originally the Great West Company Building. Great West Life used the building until the late 1950's and in the 1960's, the Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce moved in. It is now called the Craig Wireless Building.
Marker Name: Lombard Commerce Building
Agency: The Heritage Canada Foundation
Languages: English
Location:
177 Lombard Avenue
Winnipeg
Marker Text:
The Credit Foncier Award
Citation for
An outstanding contribution
to architectural preservation
in the private sector
Lombard Commerce Building
Honourable Mention
1986
The Heritage Canada Foundation
Website: [Web Link]
Link to HistoricPlaces.ca or mhs.mb.ca: [Web Link]
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