This three-storey brick block on Kennedy Street in Winnipeg was built in 1928 by Asmundur Petur Johannson at a cost of about $120,000. The 119 foot by 60 foot building contained 30 apartments in its original configuration.
Cavell Apartments (August 2019)
Source: George Penner
Cavell Apartments (January 2021)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.89700, W97.15104
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: Asmundur Petur Johannson (1875-1953)
City of Winnipeg Building Permit 269/1928, City of Winnipeg Archives.
“Early Icelandic builders in Winnipeg” by S. Aleck Thorarinson, Logberg Heimskringla, 30 March 1967, pages 5-7.
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 George Penner, Nathan Kramer, and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 1 June 2022
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