Historic Sites of Manitoba: Kennedy Apartments (396 Kennedy Street, Winnipeg)

This three-storey block on Kennedy Street in Winnipeg, measuring 21 feet wide and 64 feet deep, was designed and built in 1905 by the construction firm of Ross Brothers. Intended as a primary residence and boarding house, it was later converted into apartments. It has nine compartments in its present configuration.

Kennedy Apartments

Kennedy Apartments (November 2020)
Source: George Penner

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.89557, W97.15076
denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Manitoba Business: Ross Brothers

Sources:

City of Winnipeg Building Permit 2232/1905, 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, George Penner, and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 1 June 2024

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