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We hope to see you in the new year for our next season of walking tours!

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Unfortunate to see a character defining element removed from this modernist building.

Left Image: Jenkins House, Winnipeg Architecture Foundation
Right Image: Hotel for J G Christie, Gimli Manitoba Free Press, 11 May 1907.

🔴 Wednesday, 27 August 2025
🔴 12:00 noon
🔴 101-177 Lombard Avenue, Winnipeg
Venue is accessible. All are welcome; open seating.

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He designed factories and warehouses in the Exchange District, plus apartment buildings, churches, and houses. Bellhouse is noteworthy for several surviving designs from Winnipeg’s early years, particularly his work for Winnipeg’s wealthy in the Armstrong’s Point and Crescentwood neighbourhoods.

SPECIAL EVENT: Please join us for a free noon-hour WAF lecture, with Dr David R Bellhouse (London, Ont).

Trained as an architect in Belgium and England, David Wynyard Bellhouse immigrated to Winnipeg at the turn of the 20th century.

🔴 Wednesday, 16 July 2025
⚫ 6:30 PM
🔴 Meet at 120 King St. across from Old Market Square
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Winnipeg’s rich collection of hand-painted wall ads date back to the early 1880s. Over a century and a half later, the businesses and brands advertised on the sides of buildings remain. Explore the Ghost Signs of the Exchange District in Winnipeg on this tour with Matt Cohen, Urban Archaeologist!

*UPDATE: Unfortunately this tour is now at capacity. We thank everyone for their interest and look forward to seeing you at one of our many other summer tours!*

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📖 The Fortune Block was built by early Winnipeg real estate developer Mark Fortune in 1882. In 2016 Winnipeg businessman John Pollard purchased the Fortune Block and the next-door Macdonald Block and rehabilitated them for residential and commercial mixed-use.

Registration is required. Please email: tours@winnipegarchitecture.ca

🔴 Wednesday, 2 July 2025
🔴 6:30 PM
🔴 Meet at the Pumphouse, 109 James Ave.

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The historic early 20th century pumping station has been rehabilitated with much of its machinery preserved. Two mid-rise residential and commercial buildings have been added. Please note we cannot guarantee that all parts will be accessible.

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First time in the chapel of St. Paul's College, really like how the mosaic on the exterior of the body of the chapel reappears inside where the ambulatory and entrance vestibules are.