Heritage Winnipeg

 

North West Travellers' Building
291 Garry Street

Atchinson's original building was a common two storey brick structure which housed the Angelus Cafe. In about 1914, Herbert Rugh was commissioned by the R. J. Inglis Company, a manufacturer of civil and military uniforms, to significantly remodel the structure. Numerous repairs were made and the fanciful white terra cotta was added to the face of the building. Today, a unique plaque on the building commemorates its "fairytale facade of imported terra cotta", a harvest of flowers, fruit and vegetables. There is also one splash of coloured terra cotta, the cobalt blue crest centred on the upper portion of the building.