This three-storey brick block on Osborne Street in Winnipeg, measuring 65 feet by 130 feet, was designed by real estate developer Richard Henry Lear and built in 1914 by Sigurdson and Company at a cost of about $50,000. The building contained four stores on its main floor and 21 apartments on its upper two floors.
Highworth Apartments (November 2020)
Source: George Penner
Highworth Apartments (April 2021)
Source: George PennerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.87561, W97.14267
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See also:
Memorable Manitobans: Richard Henry Lear (1861-1945)
Apartment House Architecture in Winnipeg to 1915 by David Spector, December 1980.
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: 9 April 2022
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