Pisch Block (Regina)

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This 1931 property was built for pharmacist William Massig, who moved to Canada from Germany in 1908. He opened his first drugstore in Grayson, Saskatchewan, before moving to Regina in 1917. Among other commercial tenants, the building housed Massig's Drugstore for over 15 years. Retired baker George Pisch subsequently purchased the property. In 1948, he extended the building to the west end of the block. A prominent first-floor occupant of this addition was the department store Macleod's Ltd., which remained here until 1972. This building was designed in a Streamline Moderne style popularized in Canada during the 1930/40s. The curved northwest corner of the building incorporates two rows of glass blocks above a wrap-around window. This property has been on the Regina Heritage Holding Bylaw List since 1989.
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