This two-storey wood frame house on Salter Street in Winnipeg, measuring 20 feet by 28 feet, was designed by local architect Max Zev Blankstein and built in 1912 by contractors Abraham Cohen and Abraham Meyerowitz for owner Jacob Cooperstock at a cost of about $2,500. Cooperstock sold it to clerk Alice Hascken and her family.
In the mid-1930s, the house was occupied by educator Solomon Abraham then, in 1939, alterations to it were completed by contractor Nathan Popeski at a cost of about $450. The house continued to be occupied by the Abraham family until his death in 1942.
At the time of a 2022 site visit, the house’s exterior was relatively unmodified from its original appearance.
Hascken House (December 2022)
Source: Jordan MakichukSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.92402, W97.13438
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: Max Zev Blankstein (1874-1931)
Memorable Manitobans: Abraham Cohen (1876-1944)
Memorable Manitobans: Solomon Abraham (1872-1942)
Memorable Manitobans: Nathan Popeski (1884-1970)
City of Winnipeg Building Permit 955/1912, City of Winnipeg Archives.
“Building permits are scattered over city,” Manitoba Free Press, 25 April 1912, page 13.
Winnipeg fire insurance map #316, September 1917, Library and Archives Canada.
City of Winnipeg Building Permit 2307/1939, City of Winnipeg Archives.
Henderson’s Winnipeg and Brandon Directories, Henderson Directories Limited, Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Libraries.
“Building permit maintain advance over last year,” Winnipeg Free Press, 2 September 1939, page 17.
Property Assessment Details [452 Salter Street], Winnipeg Assessment and Taxation.
Max Blankstein: Architect by Murray Peterson, Winnipeg Architecture Foundation, 2022.
This page was prepared by Jordan Makichuk.
Page revised: 21 August 2025
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