Historic Sites of Manitoba: Inglis Block (628-632 Notre Dame Avenue, Winnipeg)

This three-storey brick block on Notre Dame Avenue in Winnipeg, measuring 61 feet by 106 feet, was designed by local architect Peter Cornelius Samwell and built in 1913 by day labour, for businesswoman Ann Elizabeth Thurman Jameson, at a cost of about $60,000. The building was presumably named for Jameson's younger son, Charles Inglis Jameson (1892-1916), who was later killed during the First World War. The structure contained two retail stores on the side facing Notre Dame and 14 apartments in the remainder of the space.

Inglis Block (December 2018) Source: George Penner Inglis Block (April 2022) Source: Nathan Kramer Inglis Block (April 2022) Source: Nathan Kramer Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.90068, W97.15731 denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Memorable Manitobans: Peter Cornelius Samwell [Samwel] (1874-1951)

Memorable Manitobans: Ann Elizabeth Thurman Jameson (1858-1948)

Sources:

City of Winnipeg Building Permit 2044/1913, City of Winnipeg Archives.

Apartment House Architecture in Winnipeg to 1915 by David Spector, December 1980.

Find a Postal Code, Canada Post.

Preparation of this page was supported, in part, by the Gail Parvin Hammerquist Fund of the City of Winnipeg.

This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer, Gordon Goldsborough, and George Penner.

Page revised: 17 October 2026

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