This three-storey brick block on Furby Street in Winnipeg, measuring 65 feet by 156 feet, was designed and built in 1926 by James Alexander Matthews at a cost of about $90,000. It contained 35 apartments in its original configuration. The building contains 34 apartments today.
Cambridge Apartments (November 2020)
Source: George PennerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.88751, W97.15753
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: James Alexander Matthews (1886-1954)
City of Winnipeg Building Permit 420/1926, City of Winnipeg Archives.
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 Nathan Kramer, Gordon Goldsborough, and George Penner.
Page revised: 27 March 2022
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