Historic Sites of Manitoba: Patterson House (240 Centre Street, Birtle, Municipality of Prairie View)

This two-storey frame building in Birtle, in the Municipality of Prairie View, was constructed in 1904 for lumberman John Patterson (1854-1921). Later occupants included Fred J. Hooper (1895-1961) and Dr. Herbert L. Edwards (1894-1975).

Patterson House

Patterson House (June 2018)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.42533, W101.04972
denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

A View of the Birdtail: A History of the Municipality of Birtle, 1878-1974 by Municipality of Birtle History Committee, edited by Marion Abra, 1974, page 394.

Special Places - Birtle's Significant Heritage Buildings by Birtle Heritage Advisory Group, no date.

Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 25 April 2021

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