This three-storey brick block on Wolseley Avenue in Winnipeg, measuring 33 feet by 37 feet, was designed and built in 1914 by architect Peter Cornelius Samwell at a cost of about $24,000. The building contained three apartments in its original configuration. An adjoining block was built at the same time.
Winchester Apartments, block A on left and block B on right (November 2020)
Source: George PennerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.88013, W97.16288
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: Peter Cornelius Samwell [Samwel] (1874-1951)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Winchester Apartments B (764 Wolseley Avenue, Winnipeg)
City of Winnipeg Building Permit 2028/1914, City of Winnipeg Archives.
Find a Postal Code, Canada Post.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer, George Penner, and Gordon Goldsborough.
Preparation of this page was supported, in part, by the Gail Parvin Hammerquist Fund of the City of Winnipeg.
Page revised: 28 April 2022
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