This two-storey brick house on Second Street SW in Carman was built in the early 20th century for optometrist and jeweler John Henry Cochran (1863-1930) and his family. The building combines the American Four-square design with details from other popular styles of the day, and is a basic cubic shape, with sturdy brick walls and a low pyramidal roof shape. Stately and elegant Classical Revival aspects are seen in the tall windows and entrance canopy, with Italianate-style features in the delicate roof-eave brackets. The Cochran House is one of the five key buildings that make this block of the street such a notable area, packed with brick houses expressing the architectural ambitions of their owners.
Cochran House (June 2019)
Source: George Penner
Cochran House (October 2020)
Source: Rose KuzinaSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.50416, W98.00388
denoted by symbol on the map above
1906 and 1911 Canada censuses, Automated Genealogy.
119-2nd Street SW, Carman, Carman/Dufferin Municipal Heritage Advisory Committee.
John Henry Cochran, FindAGrave.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
This page was prepared by George Penner, Rose Kuzina, and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 8 May 2023
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