Historic Sites of Manitoba: Green House (70 Matheson Avenue East, Winnipeg)

This 2½-storey brown brick and wood shingle siding, American Foursquare-style house is on Matheson Avenue East in Winnipeg. Measuring 25 feet by 27 feet, and 10 feet by 12 feet, it was designed and built between 1913 and 1914 by owner/contractorAlexander “Alex” Pollock at a cost of about $4,000. He sold it to Solomon Hart Green, a lawyer at the frim of Chapman and Green who occupied office space on the third floor of the Winnipeg Electric Railway Building.

It was later occupied by home economist Evelyn Luella Moore Ames. At the time of a 2025 site visit, the house was slightly modified from its original appearance with some of its original windows having been replaced.

Green House (1950) Source: Harold K. White Studios Collection, City of Winnipeg Archives Green House (July 2025) Source: Jordan Makichuk Green House (December 2025) Source: Jordan Makichuk Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.92660, W97.11562 denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Memorable Manitobans: Alexander “Alex” Pollock (1882-1957)

Memorable Manitobans: Solomon Hart Green (1885-1969)

Memorable Manitobans: Evelyn Luella Moore Ames (1889-1973)

Sources:

City of Winnipeg Building Permit 3999/1913, City of Winnipeg Archives.

Winnipeg fire insurance map, #308 January 1957, City of Winnipeg Archives.

Henderson’s Winnipeg and Brandon Directories, Henderson Directories Limited, Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Libraries.

Property Details [70 Matheson Avenue East], Winnipeg Assessment and Taxation.

This page was prepared by Jordan Makichuk and Kenneth Ingram.

Page revised: 30 April 2026

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