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Historic Sites of Manitoba: Budnik Block (594-600 Selkirk Avenue, Winnipeg)This two-storey brick brick and stone building on Selkirk Avenue in Winnipeg was constructed in four phases, all designed by local architect Max Zev Blankstein, for owner Onufrey Budnik (1883-1960). The first floor of the east part was completed first, in 1911. Measuring 23 feet by 46 feet, it was built by contractor J. Milovitch at a cost of about $3,000. The second phase was added in 1920 at a cost of about $8,000. The third phase was added in 1924 as a one-story addition at a cost of about $6,000. The west part, measuring 33 feet by 76 feet, was completed last in 1929 at a cost of about $15,000. The Budnik family maintained ownership of the block until 1986.
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Sources: City of Winnipeg Building Permit 98/1911, City of Winnipeg Archives. City of Winnipeg Building Permit 417/1920, City of Winnipeg Archives. City of Winnipeg Building Permit 289/1924, City of Winnipeg Archives. “Permits run $350,000 ahead of last season,” Manitoba Free Press, 25 May 1929, page 20. “On Selkirk Avenue,” Winnipeg Tribune, 31 August 1929, page 22. Obituary [Onufrey Budnik], Winnipeg Tribune, 28 March 1960, page 22. “Onufrey Budnyk (1883-1959): A North End Winnipeg Pioneer” by David Bellhouse, no date. Budnik Block, 594-600 Selkirk Avenue by Murray Peterson, Peterson Projects, December 2009. Max Blankstein: Architect by Murray Peterson, Winnipeg Architecture Foundation, 2022. This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer, Jordan Makichuk, Gordon Goldsborough, and George Penner. Page revised: 7 March 2023
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