The Fairbanks-Morse Warehouse is a heritage building located at 14 23rd Street East in downtown

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. Formerly serving as a warehouse for the

Fairbanks-Morse Fairbanks, Morse and Company was an American manufacturing company in the late 19th and early 20th century. Originally a weighing scale manufacturer, it later diversified into pumps, engines, windmills, coffee grinders, radios, farm tractors, fee ...

Company, the building has been converted into residential condominium lofts.

History

Canadian Fairbanks Company (later Canadian

Company) built the structure in 1911 as a warehouse for its large machinery and mill supply business. It was designed by David Brown and Hugh Vallance of Montreal, who also designed many of the original buildings on the

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campus. It was built with reinforced concrete, uncommon at that time. From 1948 until 1985 the Fairbanks-Morse Warehouse served as the home to the

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and as a union hall. The building had

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spur line until the mid-1960s, when much of the downtown was redeveloped. It changed hands several times, serving as a warehouse, offices, photography studio and art gallery. Some tenants of note include AKA Gallery, The Photographers Gallery and Video Vérité (of which the latter two would merge to become

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). The building was declared a heritage site by the city on December 9, 1995. In 2005-2006, Olstar Developments converted the building into 12 condominium loft spaces.

References

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