This three-storey brick apartment block on Toronto Street in Winnipeg, measuring 22 feet by 70 feet, was designed by local architect Pall Melsted “Paul” Clemens and constructed in 1912 by painter and decorator Sigfus Anderson (1862-1942) at a cost of about $22,000. The building contained seven apartments in its original configuration. Known initially as the Hyldegunn Block, it was renamed the Burris Block in 1913. The following year, outlaw John “Bloody Jack” Krafchenko was captured here.
Burris Block (October 2020)
Source: George PennerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.89948, W97.16399
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: Pall Melsted “Paul” Clemens (1870-1966)
Memorable Manitobans: John “Bloody Jack” Krafchenko (1881-1914)
City of Winnipeg Building Permit 483/1912, City of Winnipeg Archives.
“Westlake sticks to first story,” Manitoba Free Press, 30 January 1914, page 2.
“Furnished suites,” Manitoba Free Press, 4 June 1914, page 19.
Death registration [Sigfus Anderson], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Obituary [Sigfus Anderson], Winnipeg Tribune, 22 June 1942, page 18.
Apartment House Architecture in Winnipeg to 1915 by David Spector, December 1980.
Architect Paul Melsted Clemens (Part 2) by Christian Cassidy, West End Dumplings.
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: 28 March 2023
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