Memorable Manitobans: Benjamin Donner (1881-1958)

Building contractor.

He built several apartment blocks around Winnipeg in the 1910s. He later transacted in real estate around Manitoba. He and his family moved to Los Angeles, California in the early 1920s. He died in November 1958 and was buried in Hollywood, California.

Some of his design works in Manitoba included:

Building

Location

Year

Status

Anoka Court

775 Mulvey Avenue, Winnipeg

1913

 

Kitchener Court

501 McMillan Avenue, Winnipeg

1914

 

Sources:

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

“Winnipeg flier killed in Arizona,” Winnipeg Free Press, 19 February 1943, page 5.

Obituary, San Francisco Examiner, 20 November 1958, page 49.

We thank Darryl Toews for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 28 February 2024

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