This three-storey brick block on Sargent Avenue in Winnipeg was designed, built, and owned by Johannes Maris Sveinsson. The 32 feet by 50 feet building contained retail store space on its main floor and six apartments on upper floors. Known initially as the Sveinsson Block, by 1912 it was renamed the Connaught Block.
Connaught Block (November 2020)
Source: George PennerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.89674, W97.16099
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: Johannes Maris Sveinsson (1875-1953)
City of Winnipeg Building Permit 2401/1906, City of Winnipeg Archives.
City of Winnipeg Building Permit 2564/1912, City of Winnipeg Archives.
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: 12 March 2022
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