Historic Sites of Manitoba: Tavistock Apartments (724 Wellington Avenue, Winnipeg)

This three-storey brick block on Wellington Avenue at the southeast corner of its intersection with Beverley Street in Winnipeg, measuring 63 feet by 56 feet, was designed by local architect George Gaspar Teeter and built in 1912 by S. Brindleson for owner A. G. Verdin at a cost of about $30,000. The building contained 19 apartments in its original configuration. It contains 20 apartments today.

Tavistock Apartments

Tavistock Apartments (September 2019)
Source: George Penner

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.90001, W97.1643
denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Memorable Manitobans: George Gaspar Teeter (1874-1949)

Sources:

City of Winnipeg Building Permit 867/1912, City of Winnipeg Archives.

724 Wellington Avenue - Tavistock Apartments by Christian Cassidy, Winnipeg Downtown Places.

Find a Postal Code, Canada Post.

Preparation of this page was supported, in part, by the Gail Parvin Hammerquist Fund of the City of Winnipeg.

This page was prepared by George Penner, Nathan Kramer, and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 25 February 2022

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