This 1½-storey wood frame house on Smithfield Avenue in Winnipeg was designed by local architect Max Zev Blankstein and built in 1927 for contractor Axel Martin Norell (1880-1958, father of Kenneth Conrad “Ken” Norell and father-in-law of William Gordon David Ritchie).
Norell House (December 2022)
Source: Jordan MakichukSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.92890, W97.11632
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: Max Zev Blankstein (1874-1931)
Memorable Manitobans: Kenneth Conrad “Ken” Norell (?-2009)
Henderson’s Winnipeg and Brandon Directories, Henderson Directories Limited, Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Libraries.
Obituary [Axel Martin Norell], Winnipeg Free Press, 6 August 1958, page 33.
Property Details, Winnipeg Assessment and Taxation.
Max Blankstein: Architect by Murray Peterson, Winnipeg Architecture Foundation, 2022.
This page was prepared by Jordan Makichuk and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 5 April 2023
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