A two-storey wood frame apartment block on Sherbrook Street in Winnipeg, measuring 58 feet by 44 feet, was designed by local architects Vere Barton and Hugh Gordon Holman, and built in 1906 for owner George Watkins at a cost of $16,000. The structure contained nine residential suites.
The building was demolished in 1970 to make way for the extension of Cumberland Avenue northwest from Balmoral Street (parallel with Notre Dame Avenue) to Maryland Street which was completed that year.
Roslyn Court (1906)
Source: Manitoba Free Press, 2 May 1906, page 11.Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.89966, W97.15797
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See also:
Memorable Manitobans: Vere Barton (1864-1923)
Memorable Manitobans: Hugh Gordon Holman (1881-1955)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Roslyn Court (40 Osborne Street, Winnipeg)
City of Winnipeg Building Permit 988/1906, City of Winnipeg Archives.
“Residential block for Sherbrooke Street,” Manitoba Free Press, 2 May 1906, page 11.
“Prentice-Reid,” Winnipeg Tribune, 4 October 1906, page 10.
“Roslyn Court. Sherbrooke Street Apartments,” Manitoba Free Press, 6 December 1906, page 43.
“Metro unveils road improvement land,” Winnipeg Free Press, 21 December 1967, page 3.
“104 - Suites for rent unfurnished [701 Sherbrook, 4 RM. STE. ...],” Winnipeg Free Press, 9 April 1970, page 40.
“Metro spending reduced,” Winnipeg Free Press, 5 May 1970, page 18.
“Streets torn up - here’s where and why,” Winnipeg Free Press, 9 July 1970, page 3.
“[Photo caption],” Winnipeg Free Press, 30 September 1970, page 3.
“Province approves Metro land deals,” Winnipeg Free Press, 15 January 1971, page 52.
Henderson’s Winnipeg and Brandon Directories, Henderson Directories Limited, Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Libraries.
Preparation of this page was supported, in part, by the Gail Parvin Hammerquist Fund of the City of Winnipeg.
We thank Jordan Makichuk for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 29 March 2024
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