Historic Sites of Manitoba: Gainsborough Apartments (508 Sherbrook Street, Winnipeg)

This three-storey brick block on Sherbrook Street in Winnipeg, measuring 65 feet by 123 feet, was built in 1931 by contractor Sigurdur Arnasson Sigurdson at a cost of about $100,000. The building contained 32 apartments in its original configuration. It featured western Canada's first rooftop garden.

Gainsborough Apartments

Gainsborough Apartments (November 2020)
Source: George Penner

Gainsborough Apartments

Gainsborough Apartments (May 2022)
Source: Jordan Makichuk

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.89407, W97.15889
denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Memorable Manitobans: Sigurdur Arnasson Sigurdson (1884-1935)

Sources:

City of Winnipeg Building Permit 416/1931, City of Winnipeg Archives.

“Gainsborough Apartments,” Manitoba Free Press, 31 August 1931, page 7.

Find a Postal Code, Canada Post.

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, Jordan Makichuk, George Penner, and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 27 May 2022

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