This three-storey brick block on Wolseley Avenue at the southeast corner with Lipton Street in Winnipeg, measuring 36 feet by 93 feet, was designed and built in 1914 by the Pioneer Construction Company at a cost of about $40,000. The building contained 15 apartments in its original configuration.
Virginian Block (November 2020)
Source: George PennerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.87940, W97.17386
denoted by symbol on the map above
City of Winnipeg Building Permit 172/1914, City of Winnipeg Archives.
“Another jump in Winnipeg building,” Manitoba Free Press, 5 March 1914, page 18.
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 Nathan Kramer, Gordon Goldsborough, and George Penner.
Page revised: 9 April 2022
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