This three-storey brick apartment block on Balmoral Street in Winnipeg was designed by the Montreal-based architects Brown and Vallance, and built in 1912 by owner Johannes Maris Sveinsson at a cost of about $100,000. The 114 foot by 80 foot building contained 22 apartments in its original configuration. Known at first as the Alhambra Apartments, it was renamed the Sheridan Apartments in 1931. It contains 24 apartments today.
Sheridan Apartments (August 1961) by Bjorn Hallgrimson
Source: Blair Bingeman
Sheridan Apartments (April 2012)
Source: Blair Bingeman
Entrance to the Sheridan Apartments (April 2012)
Source: Blair Bingeman
Sheridan Apartments (January 2018)
Source: George Penner
Sheridan Apartments (December 2020)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.88220, W97.15355
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See also:
Memorable Manitobans: Johannes Maris Sveinsson (1875-1953)
City of Winnipeg Building Permit 1016/1912, City of Winnipeg Archives.
Apartment House Architecture in Winnipeg to 1915 by David Spector, December 1980.
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 Gordon Goldsborough, Nathan Kramer, Blair Bingeman, and George Penner.
Page revised: 19 February 2023
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