This two-storey red brick and wood frame house on Brock Street in Winnipeg, measuring 28 feet by 31 feet, was designed and built by contractor/owner Roy Gordon Simpson between 1928 and 1929 at a cost of about $6,000. He sold it to Harry M. Spence, a baggage and mail agent at the Canadian National Railway.
Spence House (July 2025)
Source: Jordan MakichukSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.87269, W97.18747
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: Roy Gordon Simpson (1883-1958)
City of Winnipeg Building Permit 5013/1928, City of Winnipeg Archives.
Winnipeg fire insurance map, #586 February 1958, City of Winnipeg Archives.
Property Assessment Details [204 Brock Street], Winnipeg Assessment and Taxation.
Henderson’s Winnipeg and Brandon Directories, Henderson Directories Limited, Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Libraries.
This page was prepared by Jordan Makichuk.
Page revised: 9 August 2025
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