Exchange District National Historic Site of Canada

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National Historic Site of Canada historic district

The Exchange District National Historic Site of Canada is a preserved early-20th-century commercial and warehouse district in downtown Winnipeg, renowned for its dense collection of historic architecture and role in the city’s economic development.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf National Historic Site of Canada ⓘ
historic district ⓘ
associatedWith economic boom of Winnipeg in early 1900s ⓘ
associatedWithIndustry finance ⓘ
grain trade ⓘ
wholesale trade ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
governingBody Parks Canada ⓘ
hasArchitecturalStyle Beaux-Arts ⓘ
Chicago School architecture ⓘ
surface form: Chicago School

Classical Revival ⓘ
Romanesque Revival ⓘ
hasBuildingType banks ⓘ
grain exchange buildings ⓘ
office buildings ⓘ
warehouses ⓘ
wholesale houses ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance symbol of Winnipeg’s early commercial prominence ⓘ
hasFunction commercial district ⓘ
cultural tourism area ⓘ
warehouse district ⓘ
hasHeritageDesignation National Historic Site of Canada ⓘ
hasLandUse cultural institutions ⓘ
mixed-use commercial ⓘ
residential conversions ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguageContext English ⓘ
French ⓘ
hasPreservationGoal conservation of historic commercial and warehouse buildings ⓘ
hasTourismActivity guided walking tours ⓘ
heritage tourism ⓘ
heritageDesignationBy Canadian federal government (Ottawa) ⓘ
surface form: Government of Canada

Parks Canada ⓘ
isTouristAttraction true ⓘ
knownFor dense collection of historic architecture ⓘ
early-20th-century commercial architecture ⓘ
historic warehouse buildings ⓘ
role in Winnipeg’s economic development ⓘ
locatedIn Manitoba ⓘ
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada ⓘ
surface form: Winnipeg

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada ⓘ
surface form: downtown Winnipeg
locatedInTimeZone Central Time Zone ⓘ
locatedInUrbanArea downtown Winnipeg ⓘ
surface form: Winnipeg city centre
notableFor concentration of turn-of-the-century office buildings ⓘ
historic financial and grain trade buildings ⓘ
intact grid of historic streets and blocks ⓘ
partOf Exchange District ⓘ
historic core of Winnipeg ⓘ
periodOfSignificance early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ

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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada → hasHistoricDistrict → Exchange District National Historic Site of Canada ⓘ
subject surface form: Winnipeg