This three-storey brick block on the southwest corner of the intersection of St. Johns Avenue and Main Street in Winnipeg, measuring 33 feet by 127 feet, was designed by owner Charles Adamson Law Fisher and built in 1911 by E. Gibbons at a cost of about $20,000. It had space for two retail shops facing Main on the first floor and 20 residential apartments on the rest of that floor, in the basement, and on the upper two floors. Known originally as the Fisher Apartments, it was renamed the Globe Apartments after Fisher’s death in 1928.
Globe Apartments (November 2020)
Source: George PennerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.92031, W97.12903
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: Charles Adamson Law Fisher (1842-1928)
City of Winnipeg Building Permit 1031/1911, City of Winnipeg Archives.
City of Winnipeg Building Permit 2443/1911, City of Winnipeg Archives.
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, George Penner, and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 30 January 2022
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