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Northern Electric Building
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The Northern Electric Building was built in 1928 as an
office and depot for Northern Electric, a Montreal-based
firm that manufactured and distributed a broad range of
products: telephone components; wire and cable; electrical
apparatus; and radio sets. A small branch office
had been operating since 1908 but the phenomenal growth
in the prairies in the latter 1920's necessitated larger
facilities.
The building was designed by J.O. Despatie, the company’s
own architect, in association with the Winnipeg architectural
firm of Pratt and Ross. Carter-Halls and Aldinger were
the general contractors for the $150,000 building.
