This 2½-storey dark red-brown brick and Tyndall stone trimmed house on Wellington Crescent in Winnipeg, measuring 27.6 feet by 38 feet by 40 feet, was designed and built in 1913 by owners/contractors Arthur Simmons and Joseph Henry Simmons at a cost of about $11,000. They sold it to physician Orton Irwin Grain.
Grain House (July 2025)
Source: Jordan MakichukSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.87223, W97.15440
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: Arthur Simmons (1879-1950)
Memorable Manitobans: Joseph Henry Simmons (1875-1961)
Memorable Manitobans: Orton Irwin Grain (1863-1930)
City of Winnipeg Building Permit 2309/1913, City of Winnipeg Archives.
Winnipeg fire insurance map, #457 November 1957, City of Winnipeg Archives.
Property Details [288 Wellington Crescent], City of Winnipeg Assessment & Taxation.
This page was prepared by Jordan Makichuk.
Page revised: 12 October 2025
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