A large 2½-storey wood-frame residence, built in 1893 for photographer and municipal official John Fletcher Mitchell, stood on the west side of Main Street between College and Mountain avenues in the Parish of Kildonan, in what is now Winnipeg. Designed in the Queen Anne Revival style, it featured an asymmetrical design consisting of steep gables, decorative wood trim, a corner turret, and landscaped grounds with a small ornamental bridge.
Originally constructed as a country estate, the property was gradually surrounded by urban development. The house remained in the Mitchell family for several decades before being demolished in 1938. No visible trace of the structure remains.
Mitchell House (1903) by William A. Martel & Sons
Source: An Illustrated Souvenir of Winnipeg, 1903, page ##.Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.91906, W97.13011
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: John Fletcher Mitchell (1862-1943)
“Here and there with the camera” by Claude Peter Dettloff, Winnipeg Tribune, 18 December 1933, page 1.
This page was prepared by Kenneth Ingram and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 24 March 2026
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