This two-storey structure on Smith Street in Winnipeg was built in 1899 as an investment for lawyer F. S. Champion. In 1936, he sold the single-family dwelling to contractor Peter McDiarmid (1880-1971), who undertook a major renovation in 1937 to turn it into a six-suite apartment block. McDiarmid owned it until his death.
Champion House / Lovat Apartment Annex (May 2018)
Source: George PennerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.88724, W97.13825
denoted by symbol on the map above
Obituary [Peter McDiarmid], Winnipeg Free Press, 26 July 1971, page 27.
F. S. Champion House (Lovat Apartment Annex), 83 Smith Street by Murray Peterson, Peterson Projects, March 2007.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
This page was prepared by George Penner and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 1 November 2020
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