This three-storey (plus basement) block at the northwest corner of Lenore Street and Wolseley Avenue in the Wolseley area of Winnipeg, measuring 67 feet by 80 feet, was built in 1928 on two lots. The building was distinguished from others being built around the same time by having two main facades made from rough- and smooth-cut limestone rather than the more common brick with stone trim.
The building was designed and built by local contractor Bentley Taylor at a cost of about $75,000 for owner Sidney T. Jones, Secretary-Treasurer of the Empire Loan Company of Winnipeg. The structure contained 19 suites in its original configuration, four in the basement and five on each of the upper three floors. A twentieth apartment, a penthouse occupying about a quarter of the rooftop, was added in 1929.
The block is a municipally-designated historic site.
Bellcrest Apartments (June 2014)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Bellcrest Apartments (February 2020)
Source: George Penner
Bellcrest Apartments (December 2020)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.87960, W97.17220
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: Bentley Taylor (1877-1960)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Municipally Designated Historic Sites
City of Winnipeg Building Permit 2973/1928, City of Winnipeg Archives.
City of Winnipeg Building Permit 177/1929, City of Winnipeg Archives.
“Two blocks to cost more than $150,000,” Winnipeg Tribune, 28 July 1928, page 6.
Bellcrest Apartments, 72 Lenore Street, Winnipeg Historical Buildings Committee, December 1993.
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, and George Penner.
Page revised: 26 March 2023
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