Historic Sites of Manitoba: Glines House / Tremblay Apartments (55 Hargrave Street, Winnipeg)

Designed by Scottish immigrants Alexander D. Melville and William N. Melville and built in 1906 for businessman George A. Glines, this 2½-storey structure on Hargrave Street in Winnipeg was one of the last single-family mansions built in the former Hudson’s Bay Company Reserve, a tract of land west of the Red River given to the company when it relinquished control of Rupert’s Land. In 1928, it was converted by Joseph A. Tremblay into an apartment block and named Tremblay Apartments. The building is a municipally-designated historic site.

Glines House / Tremblay Apartments (June 2011) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Glines House / Tremblay Apartments (September 2024) Source: George Penner Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.88595, W97.14053 denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Memorable Manitobans: George A. Glines (1849-1919)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Municipally Designated Historic Sites

Sources:

City of Winnipeg Building Permit 244/1928, City of Winnipeg Archives.

City of Winnipeg Building Permit 2175/1928, City of Winnipeg Archives.

Glines House / Tremblay Apartments (55 Hargrave Street), City of Winnipeg Historical Buildings Committee, July 1989.

Preparation of this page was supported, in part, by the Gail Parvin Hammerquist Fund of the City of Winnipeg.

We thank Nathan Kramer and George Penner for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 27 September 2024

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