This one-storey wood frame house on Burrows Avenue in Winnipeg, measuring 20 feet by 36 feet, was designed by local architect Max Zev Blankstein and built in 1907 by contractor Allan Morris for owner Morris Bourn at a cost of about $2,000. Bourn sold it to Canadian Pacific Railway machinist Luke Fitzgerald.
Fitzgerald House (December 2024)
Source: Jordan Makichuk
Fitzgerald House (October 2025)
Source: Kenneth IngramSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.91840, W97.14219
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: Max Zev Blankstein (1874-1931)
City of Winnipeg Building Permit 227/1907, City of Winnipeg Archives.
Winnipeg fire insurance map, #287 May 1956, City of Winnipeg Archives.
Henderson’s Winnipeg and Brandon Directories, Henderson Directories Limited, Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Libraries.
We thank Kenneth Ingram for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Jordan Makichuk.
Page revised: 31 October 2025
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