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Travellers Building - 283 Bannatyne Avenue - Architects Darling and Pearson The Travellers Building, at the corner of Bannatyne Avenue and King Streets, was built in 1906-07 for the North West Commercial Travellers Association. It housed their offices, meeting rooms, lounges and recreation facilities, including a Turkish bath. This was a national organization, founded in Winnipeg in 1882. It acted as a protective union for its members who were traveling salesmen working for the head offices and warehouses of dozens of supply industries located in Winnipeg’s warehouse district. This North West Commercial Travellers Association grew to include 2,000 members by 1906 providing accident policies, insurance and reduced train and hotel rates for its members. The group still exists. The building is six storeys high, built of reinforced concrete with an exterior of deep red brick. Darling and Pearson, a prestigious firm of Toronto architects, designed the structure, which was built at a cost of $115,000. The Association offices were on the second. Third and fourth storeys were rented office space, and show rooms on the sixth floor. The building was finished with a handsome stone archway at the entrance. The Main floor was done in marble finishing and dark oak woodwork. In 1954, the federal government made some alterations to the building to house the office of the Unemployment Insurance Commission and the Health and Welfare Department. In 1976, it was redeveloped to become a vertical shopping center with a series of specialty shops, galleries and restaurants. |
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| Source | Winnipeg |
| Author | Herb Neufeld |
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