In September 1935, journalist Lillian Gibbons began a series in the Winnipeg Tribune called “Stories Houses Tell” about notable old houses in and around Winnipeg and the people who once lived in them. Some of these houses are listed below.
Last date checked: 5 June 1937
House
Address
Tribune Publication Date
Status
The Avenue Hotel
Portage Avenue
6 February 1937
Demolished (?)
Bannatyne House [Ravenscourt]
158 West Gate
25 July 1936
Demolished (1950)
Bathgate House
515 Notre Dame Avenue
15 May 1937
Demolished (?)
Bawlf House
11 Kennedy Street
20 February 1937
Demolished (?)
Biggs Terrace
139-161 Martha Street
22 February 1936
Demolished (?)
572 Stephen Street, Morden
5 June 1937
Blackwood House
311 Colony Street
18 January 1936
Demolished (?)
Bourke House [Bourkevale]
Ferry Road, St. James
21 March 1936
Demolished (?)
Brown Duplex
73-75 Hallet Street
18 April 1936
Demolished (?)
Brown and Rutherford Houses
Point Douglas
11 April 1936
Demolished (?)
Brydges House [Lindenlee]
307 Broadway
28 December 1935
Demolished (?)
RM of St. Clements
17 October 1936
99 George Avenue
1 February 1936
Callaway House
1091 Portage Avenue
18 July 1936
Demolished (1936)
Camp Morton
16 May 1936
Demolished (?)
426 Corydon Avenue
10 December 1956
Demolished (1958)
Coutts House
194 Yale Avenue
21 December 1935
330 Anderson Avenue
25 June 1956
Demolished (1956)
Deanery [Bishop’s Court]
St. John’s
4 January 1936
Dominion Custom House [Main Street Armoury]
Main Street
16 January 1937
Demolished (?)
Dumas House [Church House]
1902 Pembina Highway
4 July 1936
Demolished (?)
Duplex House
168-170 Bell Avenue
14 March 1936
210 Thirteenth Street, Brandon
17 April 1937
546 River Road, RM of St. Andrews
14 November 1936
Destroyed by fire (2 January 2025)
160 Newton Avenue
23 November 1935
Deconstructed (circa 1989)
10 Kennedy Street
16 November 1935
Grace Church Sexton’s House
353 Smith Street
2 November 1935
Demolished (?)
Gunn House [GunnGarrioch]
Lockport
9 January 1937
Handley House [Mayfield]
412 Bowman Avenue
3 October 1936
Harasinuk House
Gonor
10 April 1937
729 River Road, RM of St. Andrews
14 September 1935
Home Management House [Alumni House]
Dafoe Road, University of Manitoba
4 April 1936
Demolished (2009)
Humane Society
1059 Logan Avenue
8 February 1936
Demolished (?)
115 Rupertsland Boulevard East, Winnipeg
27 June 1936, page 16
417 River Road, RM of St. Andrews
1 August 1936
Keyes House
Keyes, Municipality of Glenella-Lansdowne
7 November 1936
Kileen Barn
Portage Avenue at Sackville Street
27 March 1937
Leacock House [Home of the Good Shepherd]
442 Scotia Street
7 December 1935
RM of Lac du Bonnet
8 August 1936
McDonald House
1225 Wellington Crescent
30 November 1935
Demolished (?)
McIvor House [Stornoway]
East Kildonan Road
28 March 1936
McMillan House
147 Carlton Street
1 May 1937
Demolished (?)
645 Wellington Crescent
13 February 1937
Demolished (1937)
292 River Road, RM of St. Andrews
25 April 1936
Murray House [Bellevue]
RM of St. Andrews
21 November 1936
North End Day Nursery
378 Stella Avenue
31 October 1936
Palk House
110 Henry Avenue
11 January 1936
Demolished (?)
1338 Wolseley Avenue
25 January 1936
Pounderville [former Orange Orphanage]
Camp Manitou Road
12 April 1963
Demolished (?)
Pritchard House [White House]
6 June 1936
Providence Shelter
233 Carlton Street
29 February 1936
Demolished (?)
Pruden House [William Pruden]
RM of St. Andrew's
22 May 1937
Demolished (?)
Redwood House [Drewry family]
Main Street at St. John’s Park
19 October 1935
Demolished (?)
Rogers Coachhouse
70 Nassau Street
29 May 1937
Demolished (?)
140 Meade Street North
11 July 1936
Rupert’s Land College
122 Carlton Street
9 November 1935
Demolished (?)
Russell House
237 Wellington Crescent
13 June 1936
Demolished (?)
374 River Road, RM of St. Andrews
28 September 1935
St. John’s Deputy Headmaster Residence
77 St. Cross Street
26 October 1935
Demolished (?)
1147 Breezy Point Road, RM of St. Andrews
20 June 1936
Schnerch House
Near Camp Morton
9 May 1936
Schultz Store and House
Euclid at Main
3 April 1937
Demolished (?)
266 River Road, RM of St. Andrews
12 September 1936
Shand House
7 Neil Place
12 December 1936
Spoons House
87 Hargrave Street
24 April 1937
Demolished (?)
“The Retreat”
St. John’s Avenue
7 September 1935
Thompson House
328 Assiniboine Avenue
14 December 1935
Travers House
110 Girton Boulevard
19 September 1936
Truthwaite House
Lockport
10 October 1936
Unknown
484 Academy Road
7 March 1936
Unknown
203 Ash Street
2 May 1936
Unknown
437 Dufferin Avenue
30 May 1936
Demolished (?)
Unknown
788 Grosvenor Avenue
15 February 1936
Unknown
839 Jubilee Avenue
23 May 1936
Demolished (?)
Unknown
Gonor
5 September 1936
Wade House
19 Knappen Avenue
13 March 1937
Wilson House [Klinic Building]
545 Broadway
27 January 1966
Yates House
181 Rupert Avenue
12 October 1935
Demolished (?)
Young House [Gilmore Flour Mill]
Lockport
5 December 1936
See also:
Stories Houses Tell by Lillian Gibbons, Winnipeg: Hyperion Press, 1978.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 20 November 2025
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