This three-storey brick block on Grosvenor Avenue in the Crescentwood area of Winnipeg, measuring 100 feet by 43 feet, was designed by architect Alfred Benjamin Scarlett and constructed in 1913 at a cost of about $65,000. The building contained 14 apartments in its original configuration. It has 15 apartments today.
Winston Apartments (April 2019)
Source: George PennerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.87054, W97.16230
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: Alfred Benjamin Scarlett (1883-1946)
City of Winnipeg Building Permit 2898/1913, City of Winnipeg Archives.
Apartment House Architecture in Winnipeg to 1915 by David Spector, December 1980.
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, George Penner, and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 6 April 2022
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