This three-storey brick apartment block on Kennedy Street in Winnipeg was designed and built in 1927 by contractors Viglundur Andrjesson Davidson and Metusalem Jonsson Thorarinson at a cost of $65,000. The 44 by 120 foot building contained 22 apartments in its original configuration.
Astoria Apartments (August 2019)
Source: George PennerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.89682, W97.15094
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: Viglundur Andrjesson Davidson (1884-1938)
Memorable Manitobans: Metusalem Jonsson “Salli” Thorarinson (1888-1946)
City of Winnipeg Building Permit 1376/1927, City of Winnipeg Archives.
“Early Icelandic builders in Winnipeg” by S. Aleck Thorarinson, Logberg Heimskringla, 30 March 1967, page 7.
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, George Penner, and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 1 June 2022
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