This three-storey brick and stone apartment blocks at the northwest corner of Mountain Avenue and Aikins Street in Winnipeg was one of two blocks designed by local architect Peter Cornelius Samwell and constructed in 1910 by contractor John Edward Wilson. Each building measured 72 feet long by 29 feet wide and contined 13 residential apartments. The southern block on Mountain was named Bieldy and the northern block on Aikins was Aberr.
The building was badly damaged in a fire on 13 August 2023 and was demolished on 26 August 2024.
Bieldy Apartments at left and Aberr Apartments on right (January 2018)
Source: George Penner
Aberr Apartments after a fire (August 2023)
Source: Jordan Makichuk
Bieldy Apartments at left and Aberr Apartments on right after a fire (August 2023)
Source: George Penner
Aberr Apartments after a fire (April 2024)
Source: Jordan Makichuk
Aberr Apartments under demolition (August 2024)
Source: Jordan MakichukSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.92124, W97.13348
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: Peter Cornelius Samwell [Samwel] (1874-1951)
Memorable Manitobans: John Edward Wilson (1878-1956)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Bieldy Apartments (365 Mountain Avenue, Winnipeg)
City of Winnipeg Building Permit 256/1910, City of Winnipeg Archives.
Winnipeg fire insurance map #316, September 1917, Library and Archives Canada.
Preparation of this page was supported, in part, by the Gail Parvin Hammerquist Fund of the City of Winnipeg.
We thank Jordan Makichuk for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer, George Penner, and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 4 September 2024
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