This three-storey brick block on Young Street in Winnipeg, measuring 56 feet by 96 feet, was designed and built in 1925 by James Alexander Matthews at a cost of about $60,000. The building contained 28 apartments in its original configuration. It has 30 apartments today.
Heather Apartments (November 2020)
Source: George PennerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.88674, W97.15528
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: James Alexander Matthews (1886-1954)
City of Winnipeg Building Permit 592/1925, City of Winnipeg Archives.
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, Gordon Goldsborough, and George Penner.
Page revised: 27 March 2022
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