This three-storey brick building on Sargent Avenue at the southwest corner of Agnes Street in Winnipeg, measuring 97 feet by 43 feet, was designed by architect Thomas Logan Kerr and built in 1913 by Lindal Josafat Hallgrimson at a cost of about $50,000. The main floor had four commercial spaces while the upper floors had eight residential apartments. Originally named the Sargent Building, it was renamed Roberta Apartments in the late 1930s.
Roberta Apartments (August 1961) by Bjorn Hallgrimson
Source: Blair Bingeman
Roberta Apartments (April 2012)
Source: Blair Bingeman
Roberta Apartments (September 2019)
Source: George PennerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.89651, W97.16207
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: Thomas Logan Kerr (1887-1941)
Memorable Manitobans: Lindal Josafat Hallgrimson (1882-1968)
City of Winnipeg Building Permit 85/1913, City of Winnipeg Archives.
Preparation of this page was supported, in part, by the Gail Parvin Hammerquist Fund of the City of Winnipeg.
We thank Blair Bingeman for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer, Gordon Goldsborough, and George Penner.
Page revised: 1 April 2023
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