This 2½-storey cream brick and Tyndall stone trimmed, Edwardian Classical-style house is on Bannerman Avenue in Winnipeg. Measuring 30 feet by 34.10 feet, it was built in 1908 by contractor Peter McCalman at a cost of about $7,000, for owner Edmund Amos Struthers. He was the superintendent of the Barnardo Industrial Farm at Russell, as well as the Barnardo Home [Oakwood]. At various times he did periodically have Barnardo children in his home.
Struthers eventually retired and lived here until his death in 1935. At the time of a 2020 site visit, the house was slightly modified form its original appearance with its exterior covered with stucco.
Struthers House (1979)
Source: Historical Buildings and Resources Committee Collection, Planning, Property & Development, City of Winnipeg.
Struthers House (July 2020)
Source: Jordan MakichukSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.92334, W97.11990
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: Peter McCalman (1847-1927)
Memorable Manitobans: Edmund Amos Struthers (1855-1935)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Barnardo Industrial Farm Monument (Municipality of Russell-Binscarth)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Barnardo Home [Oakwood] (117 Bannerman Avenue, Winnipeg)
City of Winnipeg Building Permit 502/1908, City of Winnipeg Archives.
Winnipeg fire insurance map, #304 September 1917 [revised December 1948], City of Winnipeg Archives.
Henderson’s Winnipeg and Brandon Directories, Henderson Directories Limited, Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Libraries.
Property Details [75 Bannerman Avenue], Winnipeg Assessment and Taxation.
We thank Roberta Horrox for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Jordan Makichuk and Kenneth Ingram.
Page revised: 16 September 2026
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