Winnipeg's oldest private club opposes heritage designation
City wants to confer special status on the Manitoba Club, a Broadway structure built in 1905
Bartley Kives · CBC News · Posted: Feb 09, 2018 11:18 AM CT \
The oldest private club in Western Canada is opposed to a City of Winnipeg effort to confer heritage status upon its 113-year-old downtown premises.
The city's historical resources committee has been advised to add the Manitoba Club's 3½-storey building on Broadway to Winnipeg's list of historical resources.
In a report to the committee, heritage planners describe the 1905 Manitoba Club as "an excellent example of the neo-classical and classical revival" architectural style in Winnipeg and note the building's brick-and-stone facades have barely been altered in more than a century.
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