Memorable Manitobans: David A. Abramovitch [Abramovich] (1871-1950)

Architect.

Born at Bucharest, Romania on 15 February 1871, he came to Canada in 1906 and settled at Winnipeg, becoming one of the first Jewish architects in Manitoba. By 1920, he had moved to Los Angeles, California where he continued to practice architecture. He died there on 5 October 1950.

Some of his architectural works in Manitoba included:

Building	Location	Year	Status
Rosentzweig Block	51-53 Derby Street, Winnipeg	1907	Demolished (?)
Nassau Apartments	554 Jessie Avenue, Winnipeg	1908
Cohen Block	446-448 King Street, Winnipeg	1910	Demolished (?)
Matas House and Grocery (addition)	121 Euclid Avenue, Winnipeg	1911
Chlopan Block	580-590 Burrows Avenue / 241 McGregor Street, Winnipeg	1912	Not built (1912)
Coruna Theatre	Logan Avenue, Winnipeg	1912
Pembina Block	692 Osborne Street, Winnipeg	1912
Roseglen Apartments	267 Sinclair Street, Winnipeg	1912	Demolished (?)
Justin Apartments	351 Daly Street North, Winnipeg	1913
King George Court	272 Cockburn Street North, Winnipeg	1913
Noble Court	126 Alfred Avenue, Winnipeg	1913
Parkholme Apartments (with Eldred Dodsworth Tuttle)	252 Home Street, Winnipeg	1913-1914
Pullmer Apartments	553 Wardlaw Avenue, Winnipeg	1913-1914
Baltic Apartments	347 Manitoba Avenue, Winnipeg	1914-1917
Estelle Apartments	346-348 Arbuthnot Street, Winnipeg	1914
Kitchener Court	501 McMillan Avenue, Winnipeg	1914
Manitou Apartments	484 Toronto Street, Winnipeg	1914-1917
Montrose Apartments	400 Toronto Street, Winnipeg	1914-1922
Renfrew Apartments	465 Mountain Avenue, Winnipeg	1914
St. Julien Apartments	508 McMillan Avenue, Winnipeg	1914
Scotia Block	105 Scotia Street, Winnipeg	1914-1917

Sources:

Apartment House Architecture in Winnipeg to 1915 by David Spector, December 1980.

Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada, 1800-1950 by Robert G. Hill, Toronto.

We thank Nathan Kramer and Jordan Makichuk for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 16 November 2024

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