This three-storey brick block on Stradbrook Avenue in Winnipeg was designed and built in 1929 by owner Metusalem Jonsson “Salli” Thorarinson at a cost of about $80,000. The 48 feet by 148 feet structure contained 30 apartments in its original configuration. It contains 33 apartments today.
Palliser Apartments (November 2020)
Source: George PennerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.87869, W97.14177
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: Metusalem Jonsson “Salli” Thorarinson (1888-1946)
City of Winnipeg Building Permit 470/1929, City of Winnipeg Archives.
“Early Icelandic builders in Winnipeg” by S. Aleck Thorarinson, Logberg Heimskringla, 30 March 1967, page 7.
Find a Postal Code, Canada Post.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer, George Penner, and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 1 June 2022
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