This two-storey wood frame house on Furby Street in Winnipeg was built in 1893 for land developer Alexander Bain who sold it to Alfred and Flora Houghton in 1910. The Houghtons occupied the home until at least 1957.
In 2010, the house was removed from the Winnipeg Historic Buildings Inventory.
Bain House (1978)
Source: City of Winnipeg
Bain House (January 2009)
Source: City of Winnipeg
Bain House (October 2021)
Source: George PennerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.89842, W97.15669
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: Alexander Bain (1861-1950)
Alfred Houghton House, 665 Furby Street, City of Winnipeg Historical Buildings and Resources Committee, 2004.
“If 60 buildings drop off the city's historic buildings inventory does anybody care?” by Christian Cassidy, West End Dumplings, 29 September 2011.
This page was prepared by George Penner, Murray Peterson, Anne Brazeau, and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 7 August 2022
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