Up until last year, it was used as a storage facility for a local furniture retailer.
The building used to welcome visitors who entered Brandon on 18th Street.(Riley Laychuk/CBC)
Alyssa Wowchuk, administrator of the Brandon General Museum and Archives, had a chance to go inside not long before demolition crews moved in.
"The structure of the building is all very open concept," she said.
"I want to say it probably looked a lot like what it did during the time of the International Harvester company."
Exposed brick was visible in many areas, some floors were wide open and a few artifacts had been left behind, she said.