This two-storey wood frame house on Cathedral Avenue in Winnipeg was built in 1904 by contractor W. White for Robert Crawford (1870-1959), son-in-law of Alexander Brown and a passenger agent for the Northern Navigation Company and Canada Steamship Lines. “The Preacher’s Tree” in its front yard is estimated to be over 160 years old. Crawford lived here with his family into the 1940s.
Crawford House (April 2017)
Source: George PennerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.92198, W97.11896
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: John Neilson Brown Crawford (1906-1997)
“City resident since ’74 dies,” Winnipeg Tribune, 6 February 1945, page 10.
Robert Crawford House, 57 Cathedral Avenue by Murray Peterson, Peterson Projects, February 2009.
Henderson’s Winnipeg and Brandon Directories, Henderson Directories Limited, Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Libraries.
This page was prepared by George Penner and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 8 August 2020
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