This three-storey brick block on Wardlaw Avenue in Winnipeg, measuring 54 feet by 116 feet, was designed by local architect Edgar Prain and built in 1926 by day labour at a cost of about $70,000. Original plans called for it to have 29 two-, three-, and four-room apartments. Following an extensive renovation between 2006 and 2008, the building now has 14 apartments: two in the basement, and four on each of the upper three floors.
Maritime Apartments (November 2020)
Source: George PennerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.87690, W97.14460
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: Edgar Prain (1881-1958)
City of Winnipeg Building Permit 1689/1926, City of Winnipeg Archives.
“Excavation for 29-suite apt. block starts,” Winnipeg Tribune, 2 June 1926, page 2.
City of Winnipeg Building Permit 4626/1930, City of Winnipeg Archives.
“Reno done right: Attention to detail costly, but rewarding” by Todd Lewys, Winnipeg Free Press, 4 November 2007, page F9.
Find a Postal Code, CanadaPost.
Preparation of this page was supported, in part, by the Gail Parvin Hammerquist Fund of the City of Winnipeg.
We thank Elise Watchorn for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer, Gordon Goldsborough, and George Penner.
Page revised: 1 April 2022
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