This three-storey brick block on Sherbrook Street in Winnipeg was built in 1929 by the Benjaminson Construction Company at a cost of about $80,000. The 64 feet by 124 feet structure contained 30 apartments in its original configuration.
Churchill Apartments (January 2021)
Source: George PennerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.88232, W97.15933
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Manitoba Business: Benjaminson Construction Company
City of Winnipeg Building Permit 971/1929, City of Winnipeg Archives.
“Early Icelandic builders in Winnipeg” by S. Aleck Thorarinson, Logberg Heimskringla, 30 March 1967, page 7.
Find a Postal Code, CanadaPost.
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, George Penner, and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 5 July 2024
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