Selkirk Dominion Post Office and Customs Building

• the building's commanding presence, standing out among its later and less ostentatious neighbours, at the southeast corner of Main Street and Manitoba Avenue in downtown Selkirk

Key elements that define the post office's Classical Revival styling include:

• the rectangular massing under a flat roof with a slightly projecting centre front pavilion
• the substantial facades of red brick, including a rusticated main floor, set upon a rubble stone foundation faced by smooth-cut limestone
• the prominent modillioned and dentilled sheet metal cornice painted to contrast with the brick
• the ample fenestration throughout, including tall segmental-arched windows on the main floor with brick voussoirs and protruding limestone sills, rectangular upper-level openings with large limestone keystones, etc.
• the centred front (west) entrance with a large limestone staircase and recessed double doors of glass and panelled wood topped by a segmental-arched transom
• the details, including the smooth-cut limestone parapet coping, belt course and sills, the tablets engraved with 'CANADA POST OFFICE' and 'CANADA CUSTOMS' beside the main entrance, etc.

Key elements that define the post office's striking internal details and finishes include:

• the rectangular plan with the main floor's informal open spaces and the second floor's more formal plan
• the main entrance featuring a solid oak arched doorway and the staircase with intact wooden risers and treads and a carved balustrade
• the details, including maple and terrazzo floors, Douglas fir moulding and trim throughout, some intact plasterwork, ornamented cast-iron columns on the main floor, brick safes located on each level, the upper level's burlap dado etc.