This one-storey apartment complex at the northwest corner of St. Mary’s Road and Walmer Street in the St. Boniface area of Winnipeg, consisting of sixteen identical one-storey frame and stucco buildings, each measuring 14 feet by 42 feet by 18 feet, was developed and built in 1928 by Campbell & Company for owner David Campbell at a cost of about $100,000.
Buena Vista Apartments under construction (1928)
Source: Winnipeg Tribune, 1 September 1928.
Buena Vista Apartments (October 2019)
Source: George PennerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.87901, W97.12647
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: David Campbell (1870-1932)
“New type of apartment house,” Winnipeg Tribune, 1 September 1928, page 11.
Buena Vista Apartments, 40 St. Mary's Road by Murray Peterson, City of Winnipeg, Historical Buildings & Resources Committee, May 2019.
Buena Vista Apartments, Winnipeg Architecture Foundation.
This page was prepared by George Penner and Jordan Makichuk.
Page revised: 16 December 2023
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