This two-storey brick building on Higgins Avenue in Winnipeg, measuring 30 feet by 80 feet, was designed and built in 1913 by shopkeeper Israel Braunstein (1876-1945) at a cost of about $6,000. Initially used as a store, with residential space above and at the rear, it was subsequently renovated into a private residence.
Braunstein Block (May 2017)
Source: George PennerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.90376, W97.12955
denoted by symbol on the map above
1911 Canada census [I. Braunstein], Automated Genealogy.
City of Winnipeg Building Permit 3016/1913, City of Winnipeg Archives.
City of Winnipeg Building Permit 3374/1913, City of Winnipeg Archives.
Death registration [Israel Braunstein], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“Israel Braunstein, 68, dies on Saturday,” Winnipeg Free Press, 8 October 1945, page 4.
Find a Postal Code, Canada Post.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer, Gordon Goldsborough, and George Penner.
Page revised: 7 April 2022
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