This three-storey brick and stone apartment building on Langside Street in Winnipeg, measuring 42 feet by 74 feet, was designed by local architect Pall Melsted “Paul” Clemens and built in 1911 by Sveinn Brynjolfsson at a cost of about $35,000. In its original configuration, the building contained 14 apartments. Additional underpinning work on the building was done in 1929.
Riverside Apartments (November 2020)
Source: George PennerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.88012, W97.15706
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: Pall Melsted “Paul” Clemens (1870-1966)
Memorable Manitobans: Sveinn Brynjolfsson (1856-1930)
City of Winnipeg Building Permit 2154/1911, City of Winnipeg Archives.
City of Winnipeg Building Permit 5124/1929, City of Winnipeg Archives.
“Early Icelandic builders in Winnipeg” by S. Aleck Thorarinson, Logberg Heimskringla, 30 March 1967, page 7.
Preparation of this page was supported, in part, by the Gail Parvin Hammerquist Fund of the City of Winnipeg.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough, Nathan Kramer, and George Penner.
Page revised: 25 March 2023
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