This three-storey brick apartment block on Smith Street, between Broadway and Assiniboine Avenue, in Winnipeg was constructed in 1930, for a cost of about $95,000, by contractor-owner Peter McDiarmid. In its original configuration, the building had 40 apartments with two, three, or four rooms each.
Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.88736, W97.13835
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: Peter McDiarmid (1880-1971)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Champion House / Lovat Apartment Annex (83 Smith Street, Winnipeg)
City of Winnipeg Building Permit 1329/1930, City of Winnipeg Archives.
“80 permits, valued at $335,250, bring total to $2,563,050,” Winnipeg Tribune, 17 May 1930, page 15.
“Building notes,” Winnipeg Tribune, 19 July 1930, page 21.
“Lovat Apartments,” Manitoba Free Press, 26 August 1930, page 19.
Obituary [Peter McDiarmid], Winnipeg Free Press, 26 July 1971, page 27.
Preparation of this page was supported, in part, by the Gail Parvin Hammerquist Fund of the City of Winnipeg.
We thank Nathan Kramer for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 28 May 2025
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