This three-storey brick block on Sherbrook Street in Winnipeg, measuring 41 feet by 142 feet, was designed and built in 1926 by Lindal Josafat Hallgrimson at a cost of about $90,000. The building contained 29 apartments in its original configuration. It contains 30 apartments today.
Elmhurst Apartments (August 1961) by Bjorn Hallgrimson
Source: Blair Bingeman
Elmhurst Apartments (April 2012)
Source: Blair Bingeman
Elmhurst Apartments (November 2020)
Source: George Penner
Entrance to Elmhurst Apartments (April 2012)
Source: Blair BingemanSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.89538, W97.15880
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: Lindal Josafat Hallgrimson (1882-1968)
City of Winnipeg Building Permit 1007/1926, City of Winnipeg Archives.
Find a Postal Code, CanadaPost.
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, Gordon Goldsborough, Blair Bingeman, and George Penner.
Page revised: 27 March 2022
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