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A three-storey apartment block at this site on Sherbrook Street in Winnipeg was designed and built in 1914 by owner George Stirrett at a cost of about $25,000. Named Cornish Court, it measured 40 feet frontage along Sherbrook to a depth of 49 feet.
Around 1942, Cornish Court was added to a nurses’ residence for the Misericordia Hospital that had been made using the adjacent West Gate Apartments and a building at 23 Sherbrook. The three buildings were interconnected. The Misericordia Hospital Nurses’ Home was later replaced with new quarters, the Misericordia Hospital Nurses’ Residence, at 691 Wolseley Avenue in 1961 [demolished 2021]. The complex was next used by Villa Rosa until they relocated to new quarters in 1966.
By 1973, the site of all three buildings (19-23 Sherbrook) and almost all other buildings on that block (except 41-43 Sherbrook) had been demolished to make way for a surface parking lot. This space was later occupied by a four-storey parkade for the Misericordia Health Centre. In 1992, a variety of health and rehabilitation services, sometimes collectively known as Easy Street, were officially opened along the main level Sherbrook frontage.
The former L. P. Court (left) and Cornish Court (right) across from the Misericordia Hospital (1923) by Royal Canadian Air Force photographer
Source: Archives of Manitoba, Surveys Branch aerial photographs (A 0262), GR11610, FA 23 - 55.
The former L. P. Court (right) and Cornish Court (left) across from the Misericordia Hospital (1923) by Royal Canadian Air Force photographer
Source: Archives of Manitoba, Surveys Branch aerial photographs (A 0262), GR11610, FA 23 - 48.Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.87926, W97.15941
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: George Stirrett (1853-1940)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Misericordia General Hospital (20 Sherbrook Street, Winnipeg)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: L. P. Court / Wilfred Apartments / West Gate Apartments / Misericordia Hospital Nurses’ Home (21 Sherbrook Street, Winnipeg)
MHS Centennial Organization: Villa Rosa
City of Winnipeg Building Permit 2462/1914, City of Winnipeg Archives.
“Tenders for general contract for Nurses Residence Misericordia Hospital [...],” Winnipeg Free Press, 14 March 1962, page 3.
“Misericordia to build Nurses Home,” Winnipeg Free Press, 25 May 1961, page 14.
“Wolseley tree spirit beats bulldozer,” Winnipeg Tribune, 12 August 1961, page 2.
“Man injured in fall from roof,” Winnipeg Free Press, 14 March 1962, page 3.
“Patients heal faster on “Easy Street”,” Winnipeg Free Press, 9 June 1992, Weekly West Edition page 1.
“Misericordia old hosipital with innovative new programs,” Winnipeg Free Press, 23 March 1995, Wellness Expo page 19.
Western Canada Fire Underwriters Association, H7 614.41 edc Series 2 Volume 1 - Winnipeg - Sheet #141, Archives of Manitoba.
Western Canada Fire Underwriters Association, H7 614.41 edc Series 3 Volume 1 - Winnipeg - Sheet #141, Archives of Manitoba.
Western Canada Fire Underwriters Association, H7 614.41 edc Series 4 Volume 1 - Winnipeg - Sheet #141, Archives of Manitoba.
Henderson’s Winnipeg and Brandon Directories, Henderson Directories Limited, Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Libraries.
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.
Page revised: 30 October 2022
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