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This 2½-storey brick and Tyndall stone building on Wellington Crescent in Winnipeg, measuring 58 feet by 60 feet, was designed by local architect John Nelson Semmens and built between mid-1911 and early 1912 by the construction firm of Davidson Brothers at a cost of about $30,000. Its first occupant was lawyer Edmund Landor Taylor and his family.
When the adjacent Shriners’ Hospital for Crippled Children was under construction, this house was renovated for use as a nurses’ residence. It was demolished along with the hospital in October 2022.
Period
Occupant/Owner
1911-1915
Edmund Landor Taylor (1860-1934)
1920-1925
Elmer Elsworth Hall (1865-1939)
1930
Carl I. Hall
1940s
Women’s Royal Canadian Naval Service (Wrens)
1947-2022
Taylor House (1913)
Source: Manitoba Free Press, 22 March 1913, page 9.
The former Taylor House, later used as a nurses’ residence at the Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children (March 2017)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Demolition of the Taylor House (October 2022)
Source: George PennerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.87755, W97.16473
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: John Nelson Semmens (1879-1960)
Manitoba Business: Davidson Brothers
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Shriners’ Hospital for Crippled Children / Rehabilitation Centre for Children (633 Wellington Crescent, Winnipeg)
City of Winnipeg Building Permit 1411/1911, City of Winnipeg Archives.
“$30,000 residence for Wellington Crescent,” Winnipeg Tribune, 30 May 1911, page 1.
“Building permits,” Manitoba Free Press, 31 May 1911, page 16.
“A group of fine houses in the Crescentwood district,” Manitoba Free Press, 22 March 1913, page 9.
Crescentwood: A History by Randy R. Rostecki, The Crescentwood Home Owners Association, 1993.
We thank George Penner for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Jordan Makichuk.
Page revised: 19 May 2024
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