This two-storey wood frame house on Main Street North East in Dauphin was constructed in 1899 for furniture merchant William Edgar and, within the next nine years, it was more than doubled in size. Later occupants included educator Robert McKay Stevenson in the late 1920s and early 1930s, a music studio, and the town’s first kindergarten centre. It was a bed-and-breakfast at the time of a 2023 site visit.
Edgar House (May 2019)
Source: George Penner
Edgar House (September 2023)
Source: Glen Toews
Edgar House (September 2023)
Source: Glen ToewsSite Coordinates (lat/long): N51.15440, W100.04456
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: Robert McKay Stevenson (1882-1970)
Dauphin: A Historical Walking Tour, City of Dauphin.
Sir Edgar House Bed & Breakfast, Tourism Dauphin.
This page was prepared by George Penner, Glen Toews, and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 6 October 2023
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