This three-storey brick and stone block on Arbuthnot Street at the northeast corner of its intersection with Jessie Avenue in Winnipeg, measuring 90 feet by 46 feet, was designed by local architect Edmund Walter Crayston and built in 1912 by Hannes Pétursson. It contained 20 apartments in its original configuration. It contains 21 apartments today.
Fensala Court (November 2020)
Source: George PennerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.86969, W97.15441
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: Edmund Walter Crayston (1871-1940)
Memorable Manitobans: Hannes Pétursson (1881-1961)
City of Winnipeg Building Permit 658/1912, City of Winnipeg Archives.
“Early Icelandic builders in Winnipeg” by S. Aleck Thorarinson, Logberg-Heimskringla, 30 March 1967, page 5.
Find a Postal Code, Canada Post.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough, Nathan Kramer, and George Penner.
Page revised: 25 February 2022
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