This two-storey residence on St. Johns Avenue in Winnipeg was built in 1906 by contractor William Henry Reid (1863-1938). The building’s exterior, originally a brick veneer, was later covered in stucco. Reid and his family moved here from a smaller house down the street and stayed into the 1920s when they moved to Minaki, Ontario. Occupied in the 1930s by the Farband Labour Zionist Organization the building stood empty by the 1970s. It was converted into a duplex in the 1980s and returned to residential use. The building was damaged by fire in late 2022.
Reid House (April 2018)
Source: George Penner
Reid House (November 2022)
Source: Kerrin AsmundsonSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.92089, W97.12990
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Reid House (293 St. Johns Avenue, Winnipeg)
1911 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.
“W. H. Reid, formerly of Winnipeg, dies in Minaki blaze,” Winnipeg Tribune, 21 February 1938, page 3.
Obituary [William H. Reid], Winnipeg Free Press, 22 February 1938, page 5.
William H. Reid House, 285 St. Johns Avenue by Murray Peterson, Peterson Projects, December 2009.
Henderson’s Winnipeg and Brandon Directories, Henderson Directories Limited, Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Libraries.
We thank Kerrin Asmundson for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by George Penner and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 11 November 2022
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