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Historic Sites of Manitoba: Anvers Apartments (758 McMillan Avenue, Winnipeg)
This three-storey brick block at the southeast corner of the intersection of McMillan Avenue and Arbuthnot Street in Winnipeg, measuring 100 feet by 60 feet, was designed by local architect Charles Saunders Bridgman and built in 1912 by the Claydon Brothers for the Belgo-Canadian Real Estate Company at a cost of about $110,000. The building, now a municipally-designated historic site, contained 24 apartments in its original configuration.
Anvers Apartments (May 2011)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Anvers Apartments (January 2020)
Source: George PennerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.87095, W97.15539
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: Charles Saunders Bridgman (1876-1965)
Manitoba Business: Claydon Brothers Construction Company / Claydon Construction Limited
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Municipally Designated Historic Sites
Sources:
City of Winnipeg Building Permit 2034/1912, City of Winnipeg Archives.
Apartment House Architecture in Winnipeg to 1915 by David Spector, December 1980.
Anvers Apartments (758 McMillan Avenue), City of Winnipeg Historical Buildings Committee, December 1993.
Find a Postal Code, Canada Post.
Preparation of this page was supported, in part, by the Gail Parvin Hammerquist Fund of the City of Winnipeg.
We thank Alan Crossin for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough, Nathan Kramer, and George Penner.
Page revised: 10 April 2023
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