Formerly located at the southwest corner of Osborne Street North and Whitehall Avenue in Winnipeg, a three-storey brick apartment building, measuring 58.6 feet by 93 feet, was designed by local architect Edgar Prain and built in 1929 by the construction firm of Langford and Birch for the Union Investment and Holding Company at a cost of about $90,000. In its original configuration, the building contained 32 residential apartments.
The building was demolished in November 1956 and the site is now occupied by the Great-West Life Assurance Building.
Whitehall Apartments under construction (1929)
Source: Winnipeg Tribune, 7 September 1929, page 26.
Whitehall Apartments and Annex prior to demolition (1956)
Source: Winnipeg Tribune, 29 November 1956, page 2.Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.88329, W97.14910
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: Edgar Prain (1881-1958)
Manitoba Business: Langford and Birch
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Great-West Life Assurance Company Building and War Memorial (60 Osborne Street, Winnipeg)
City of Winnipeg Building Permit 2399/1929, City of Winnipeg Archives.
“Two blocks to be built plus new warehouse,” Winnipeg Tribune, 21 May 1929, page 1.
“New apartment block at Osborne and Whitehall,” Winnipeg Tribune, 1 June 1929, page 27.
“Whitehall Apartments nearly ready,” Winnipeg Tribune, 7 September 1929, page 26.
“Clearance sale on salvaged materials from Whitehall Apts.,” Winnipeg Tribune, 29 November 1956, page 2.
Henderson’s Winnipeg and Brandon Directories, Henderson Directories Limited, Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Libraries.
Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada, 1800-1950 by Robert G. Hill, Toronto.
This page was prepared by Jordan Makichuk and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 24 May 2024
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