Historic Sites of Manitoba: Lincoln Apartments (796 Wolseley Avenue, Winnipeg)

This three-storey brick block on Wolseley Avenue in the Wolseley area of Winnipeg was designed and built in 1913 by George Ephraim Baldry at a cost of about $70,000. The 108 feet by 45 feet building contains 24 apartments today.

Lincoln Apartments

Lincoln Apartments (April 2019)
Source: George Penner

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.87957, W97.16413
denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Memorable Manitobans: George Ephraim Baldry (1883-1959)

Sources:

City of Winnipeg Building Permit 431/1913, City of Winnipeg Archives.

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: 24 March 2022

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