This three-storey brick and stone apartment block on Agnes Street in Winnipeg was designed and built in 1911 by contractor Asmundur Petur Johannson at a cost of about $50,000. The 90 foot by 40 foot building contained 20 apartments in its original configuration. It now contains 21.
Vingolf Apartments (April 2012)
Source: Blair Bingeman
Entrance to the Vingolf Apartments (April 2012)
Source: Blair Bingeman
Vingolf Apartments (May 2019)
Source: George PennerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.89269, W97.16190
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: Asmundur Petur Johannson (1875-1953)
City of Winnipeg Building Permit 100/1911, City of Winnipeg Archives.
“Early Icelandic builders in Winnipeg” by S. Aleck Thorarinson, Logberg Heimskringla, 30 March 1967, page 5.
Apartment House Architecture in Winnipeg to 1915 by David Spector, December 1980.
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 Gordon Goldsborough, Nathan Kramer, George Penner, and Blair Bingeman.
Page revised: 1 June 2022
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