This three-storey brick block on the north side of Portage Avenue in St. James (now part of Winnipeg) was built by contractor Frank Reade Lount in 1928 at a cost of about $100,000. The 52 feet by 110 feet building contained 20 suites in its original configuration. The structure was connected to the adjacent Oakdale Court (201 Winchester Street) and operated as an apartment into the 1980s before being demolished.
Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.87824, W97.22860
denoted by symbol on the map above
“New apartment in St. James to cost $100,000,” Manitoba Free Press, 31 March 1928, page 18.
“To Let - Unfurnished Suites,” Manitoba Free Press, 19 October 1928, page 26.
Western Canada Fire Underwriters Association, Fire Insurance Plans H7 614.41 edc Series 3 - St. James / Assiniboia - Folder 3 - Sheet 6083, Archives of Manitoba.
Henderson’s Winnipeg and Brandon Directories, Henderson Directories Limited, Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Libraries.
Preparation of this page was supported, in part, by the Gail Parvin Hammerquist Fund of the City of Winnipeg.
We thank Gordon Goldsborough for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 17 September 2022
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