This three-storey brick block on Agnes Street at the southeast corner of its intersection with Ellice Avenue in Winnipeg, measuring 47 feet by 96 feet, was designed and built in 1926 by Asmundur Petur Johannson at a cost of about $50,000. The building contained 20 apartments in its original configuration.
Agnes Apartments (September 2019)
Source: George PennerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.89286, W97.16186
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: Asmundur Petur Johannson (1875-1953)
City of Winnipeg Building Permit 346/1926, City of Winnipeg Archives.
“Early Icelandic builders in Winnipeg” by S. Aleck Thorarinson, Logberg Heimskringla, 30 March 1967, page 7.
Find a Postal Code, Canada Post.
Preparation of this page was supported, in part, by the Gail Parvin Hammerquist Fund of the City of Winnipeg.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer, Gordon Goldsborough, and George Penner.
Page revised: 26 March 2023
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