At the core of this building on Magnus Avenue in Winnipeg is a structure designed by the architectural firm of Green Blankstein Russell and Associates and built between 1939 and 1940, at a cost of about $100,000, by contractors Couture and Toupin as a 46-room residence for Jewish senior citizens. It replaced an earlier structure on Manitoba Avenue.
The building was later expanded dramatically. In 2012, the residents moved to a newly constructed facility in south Winnipeg.
A heavy safe from the earlier building, with a painting on its door of that building, still stands in this building.
Period
Superintendent
1939-1948
Aaron Osovsky (1879-1948)
The former Jewish Old Folks Home of Western Canada (April 2024)
Source: Jordan Makichuk
Safe at the former Jewish Old Folks Home painted with the preceding Jewish Old Folks Home (May 2024)
Source: Jordan MakichukSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.91319, W97.13017
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Manitoba Business: Green Blankstein Russell and Associates
Manitoba Business: Couture and Toupin
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Cohen Block / Cressy Block / Jewish Old Folks Home / Tiferes Israel Synagogue (426-428 Manitoba Avenue, Winnipeg)
“Jewish Old Folks to have new home,” Winnipeg Free Press, 3 October 1939, page 19.
“City building permits up $518,750 over 1938 figure,” Winnipeg Tribune, 14 October 1939, page 15.
“Jewish people inspect new Old Folks' Home,” Winnipeg Tribune, 1 April 1940, page 7.
146 Magnus Avenue, Winnipeg Architecture Foundation.
We thank Jordan Makichuk for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 9 November 2024
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