Historic Sites of Manitoba: Dunn House (397 Morley Avenue, Winnipeg)

Formerly located on Morley Avenue in Winnipeg, a two-storey wood frame house, measuring 20 feet by 28 feet, was designed by local architect Max Zev Blankstein and built in 1912 by owners/contractor Abraham Cohen and Abraham Meyerowitz at a cost of about $2,500. They sold it to carpenter Alex Dunn.

The house was demolished in 2016 and the site is now occupied by a new house.

Dunn House

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.86357, W97.13961
denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Memorable Manitobans: Max Zev Blankstein (1873-1931)

Memorable Manitobans: Abraham Cohen (1876-1944)

Sources:

City of Winnipeg Building Permit 214/1912, City of Winnipeg Archives.

Henderson’s Winnipeg and Brandon Directories, Henderson Directories Limited, Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Libraries.

Property Assessment Details, City of Winnipeg.

Max Blankstein: Architect by Murray Peterson, Winnipeg Architecture Foundation, 2022.

This page was prepared by Jordan Makichuk.

Page revised: 11 August 2024

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