Historic Sites of Manitoba: Milord Block (139 Selkirk Avenue, Winnipeg)

This two-storey brick building on Selkirk Avenue in Winnipeg was designed and built by owner Hector Milord (1869-?). The structure, measuring 24 feet wide and 48 feet deep, contained four residential apartments.

Milord Block

Milord Block (January 2020)
Source: George Penner

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.91210, W97.12981
denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

City of Winnipeg Building Permit 1908/0641, City of Winnipeg Archives.

1911 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.

Preparation of this page was supported, in part, by the Gail Parvin Hammerquist Fund of the City of Winnipeg.

This page was prepared by George Penner, Nathan Kramer, and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 27 November 2021

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