This two-storey brick and stone house on Spence Street in Winnipeg, measuring 34 feet by 34 feet, was designed by William Arthur Irish and built in 1904 by W. A. Irish and Company at a cost of about $6,000. Its first occupants were businessman John Hamilton Parkhill and his family. They lived here into the 1930s.
Parkhill House (May 2018)
Source: George PennerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.88617, W97.15461
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: William Arthur Irish (1872-1941)
Manitoba Business: Saul and Irish Construction Company / W. A. Irish and Company
Memorable Manitobans: John Hamilton Parkhill (1869-1944)
City of Winnipeg Building Permit 691/1904, City of Winnipeg Archives.
John Hamilton Parkhill House, 182 Spence Street by Murray Peterson, Peterson Projects, February 2009.
Henderson’s Winnipeg and Brandon Directories, Henderson Directories Limited, Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Libraries.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
We thank Jordan Makichuk for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by George Penner and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 26 February 2024
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