This three-storey brick block on Balmoral Street in Winnipeg, measuring 33 feet by 131 feet, was designed and built in 1927 by the firm of Thomas Jackson and Sons. It contained 42 apartments in its original configuration. Known through most of the 20th century as Warton Lodge (sometimes misspelled as Wharton Lodge), it was renamed University Manor I after being renovated in 1987 as a student residence building for the adjacent University of Winnipeg.
University Manor I (November 2020)
Source: George PennerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.89169, W97.15251
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: Thomas Jackson (1862-1935)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Morecombe Lodge / University Manor I (391 Balmoral Street, Winnipeg)
City of Winnipeg Building Permit 679/1927, City of Winnipeg Archives.
“Newly renovated building across from U. of Winnipeg, 389 Balmoral,” Winnipeg Free Press, 6 February 1988, page 88.
Find a Postal Code, CanadaPost.
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, George Penner, and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 1 April 2023
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