This two-storey brick building at the northwest corner of King Street and Dufferin Avenue in Winnipeg was designed by local architect Joseph Alphonse Hudon and built in 1911 by contractor A. Henderson for owner W. R. Schaefer of 218 Dufferin. It measured 41.8 feet wide and 56 feet deep and was completed at a cost of about $11,000. The ground level featured two commercial units with two residential suites on the second floor. A third floor, completed at a cost of a further $4,000, was built in 1911-1912 by Hudon and Henderson.
The residential suite count increased to five by the 1920s and six by the 1940s. The Schaefer Block remained occupied until slated for demolition around 1965 as part of a phased site preparation for the Lord Selkirk Park housing development of the latter 1960s.
Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.90940, W97.13550
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: Joseph Alphonse Hudon (1886-1918)
City of Winnipeg Building Permit 1134/1911, City of Winnipeg Archives.
City of Winnipeg Building Permit 3587/1911, City of Winnipeg Archives.
Charles E. Goad Company fonds, Fire Insurance Plans of the City of Winnipeg - Volume 1 - Sheet 73 - revised May 1914, Library and Archives Canada.
Winnipeg fire insurance map, #266 May 1956, City of Winnipeg Archives.
“Suites to rent - Schaefer Block,” Winnipeg Free Press, 23 February 1963, page 41.
“Jarvis plans okayed,” Winnipeg Free Press, 2 April 1963, page 8.
“Parade bylaw - Pan-Am Games make busy year for Council [Other Projects],” Winnipeg Free Press, 7 January 1964, page 10.
“Tenders of demolition of buildings,” Winnipeg Free Press, 15 June 1964, page 10.
“Snow money allotted,” Winnipeg Free Press, 8 December 1964, page 2.
“City of Winnipeg Tenders of demolition of buildings,” Winnipeg Tribune, 20 February 1965, page 13.
“Vocational school site approved,” Winnipeg Free Press, 16 March 1965, page 44.
“Slums surround redevelopment area,” Winnipeg Free Press, 21 August 1965, page 8.
“City of Winnipeg Tenders of demolition of buildings,” Winnipeg Free Press, 15 September 1965, page 63.
“Lord Selkirk Park scheme starts urban renewal wheels in motion,” Winnipeg Free Press, 9 December 1967, page 3.
“New era for education opens,” Winnipeg Free Press, 14 December 1967, page 52.
“Fight to hold homes,” Winnipeg Free Press, 22 December 1967, page 8.
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 Gordon Goldsborough for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 6 March 2024
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