This three-storey brick and stone apartment block on Agnes Street in Winnipeg was designed by local architect James Pender West and built in 1912 by contractors Bjorn Pétursson and Thorstein Thorsteinsson at a cost of about $70,000. The 89 foot by 74 foot building contained 21 apartments in its original configuration. It contains 24 now.
Vinborg Apartments with Corinne Apartments at right (August 1961) by Bjorn Hallgrimson
Source: Blair Bingeman
Vinborg Apartments (April 2012)
Source: Blair Bingeman
Vinborg Apartments (April 2012)
Source: Blair Bingeman
Entrance to Vinborg Apartments (April 2012)
Source: Blair Bingeman
Vinborg Apartments (November 2020)
Source: George PennerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.89706, W97.16191
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: James Pender West (1868-1939)
Memorable Manitobans: Bjorn Pétursson (1871-1946)
City of Winnipeg Building Permit 593/1912, City of Winnipeg Archives.
“Early Icelandic builders in Winnipeg” by S. Aleck Thorarinson, Logberg Heimskringla, 30 March 1967, page 5.
Find a Postal Code, Canada Post.
Apartment House Architecture in Winnipeg to 1915 by David Spector, December 1980.
Preparation of this page was supported, in part, by the Gail Parvin Hammerquist Fund of the City of Winnipeg.
We thank Blair Bingeman for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough, Nathan Kramer, Blair Bingeman, and George Penner.
Page revised: 1 June 2022
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