This three-storey brick block on Langside Street in Winnipeg, measuring 86 feet by 68 feet, was designed by local architect Pall Melsted “Paul” Clemens and constructed in 1914 by owners Sigurdur Arnasson Sigurdson and H. Sigurdson at a cost of about $90,000. The building contained 28 apartments in its original configuration. It has 29 apartments today.
Known initially as Hampton Court, it was renamed Cheltenham Court by 1917.
Cheltenham Court (November 2020)
Source: George PennerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.89329, W97.15616
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: Pall Melsted “Paul” Clemens (1870-1966)
Memorable Manitobans: Sigurdur Arnasson Sigurdson (1884-1935)
City of Winnipeg Building Permit 3/1914, City of Winnipeg Archives.
City of Winnipeg Building Permit 5326/1928, City of Winnipeg Archives.
Apartment House Architecture in Winnipeg to 1915 by David Spector, December 1980.
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 Gordon Goldsborough, Nathan Kramer, and George Penner.
Page revised: 25 March 2023
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