This two-storey brick block on Main Street in Winnipeg, measuring 25 feet by 80 feet, was designed and built in 1914 by the firm of M. S. Atkinson and Son for owners F. E. Doidge and N. A. Doidge at a cost of about $11,500. The building had a retail shop on its first floor facing the street and three residential apartments in the remainder of the space.
Lincoln Park Block (November 2020)
Source: George PennerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.92774, W97.12363
denoted by symbol on the map above
City of Winnipeg Building Permit 1259/1914, City of Winnipeg Archives.
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: 15 April 2022
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