This two-storey wood frame residence on Lorne Avenue in Winnipeg was constructed in 1881 for stonecutter Samuel Ross (c1849-1903; misspelled Ress in some sources). After his death, the family sold it to bookkeeper Robert Gillis who rented it out to tenants. By the early 1910s, it was owned by tobacconist Herman Shapera.
Ross House (no date)
Source: Winnipeg Building Index, University of Manitoba
Ross House (February 2018)
Source: George PennerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.91062, W97.12942
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: Herman Shapera (1872-1935)
Death registrations [Samuel Ross, Herman Shapera], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Obituary [Samuel Ross], Winnipeg Telegram, 3 August 1903, page 10.
Obituary [Herman Shapera], Winnipeg Tribune, 4 December 1935, page 16.
Henderson’s Winnipeg and Brandon Directories, Henderson Directories Limited, Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Libraries.
S. Ress House, 101 Lorne Avenue by Murray Peterson, Peterson Projects, February 2009.
We thank Darryl Resch for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by George Penner and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 4 April 2023
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