Historic Sites of Manitoba: Weselake Building (417 Selkirk Avenue, Winnipeg)

This two-storey brick building on Selkirk Avenue in Winnipeg, measuring 33 feet by 54 feet, was designed by local architect Max Zev Blankstein and built in 1928 for dentist Lawrence Jacob Weselake at a cost of about $11,000. In its original configuration, the building had two retail stores on its main floor and four residential apartments on the second floor.

Weselake Building (November 2020) Source: George Penner Weselake Building (January 2023) Source: Jordan Makichuk Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.91473, W97.14172 denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Memorable Manitobans: Max Zev Blankstein (1874-1931)

Memorable Manitobans: Lawrence Jacob Weselake (1898-1962)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Weselake Block (503-505 Selkirk Avenue, Winnipeg)

Sources:

City of Winnipeg Building Permit 4078/1928, City of Winnipeg Archives.

“Recent permits,” Manitoba Free Press, 22 September 1928, page 27.

“Margin grows in volume of 1928 building,” Winnipeg Tribune, 22 September 1928, page 33.

“Several good sized buildings announced in this week’s list,” Manitoba Free Press, 29 September 1928, page 43.

Winnipeg fire insurance map, #276 May 1956, City of Winnipeg Archives.

Henderson’s Winnipeg and Brandon Directories, Henderson Directories Limited, Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Libraries.

Max Blankstein: Architect by Murray Peterson, Winnipeg Architecture Foundation, 2022.

We thank George Penner for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Jordan Makichuk and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 21 December 2024

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