Formerly located on Flora Avenue in Winnipeg, a three-storey red brick and Tyndall Stone trimmed, Renaissance Revival-style building, measuring 38 feet by 79 feet, was designed by civil engineer Herman Saltzman and built in 1914 at a cost of about $30,000, for owner Abraham Diamond. In its original configuration, the building contained 14 residential apartments.
Originally known as the Diamond Court, it was renamed in 1919 to the Flora Apartments. In late 1966, in conjunction with the Lord Selkirk Park housing development, the building was purchased by the city and demolished in Spring 1967. No vestige of the building remains today.
Flora Apartments (no date)
Source: Historical Buildings and Resources Committee Collection, Planning, Property & Development, City of Winnipeg.
Rear of the Flora Apartments (no date)
Source: Historical Buildings and Resources Committee Collection, Planning, Property & Development, City of Winnipeg.Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.91117, W97.13395
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: Herman Saltzman (?-?)
Memorable Manitobans: Abraham Diamond (1877-1944)
City of Winnipeg Building Permit 1306/1914, City of Winnipeg Archives.
Winnipeg fire insurance map, #216 March 1963, City of Winnipeg Archives.
“City has most of the land,” Winnipeg Tribune, 14 October 1966, page 10.
Henderson’s Winnipeg and Brandon Directories, Henderson Directories Limited, Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Libraries.
We thank Murray Peterson for providing additional infomation used here.
This page was prepared by Jordan Makichuk.
Page revised: 20 March 2026
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