Historic Sites of Manitoba: Ravenscourt Apartments / Bullock Booth Home (1320 Princess Avenue, Brandon)

This three-storey brick and stone apartment block on Princess Avenue in Brandon, containing nine residential apartments, was constructed around 1910 by contractor-owner Alfred Edward Bullock. In 1956, the building was renovated and redecorated, at a cost of about $24,000, and given by Bullock to the Salvation Army for use as a residence for senior citizens known as the Bullock Booth Home.

Opening of a new Salvation Army facility in 1985 caused this building to revert to a public block with its original name.

Ravenscourt Apartments (November 2023) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Ravenscourt Apartments (November 2023) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Ravenscourt Apartments (November 2023) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.84682, W99.95598 denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Memorable Manitobans: Alfred Edward Bullock (1871-1957)

Manitoba Organization: Salvation Army

Sources:

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

“Welcome home,” Brandon Sun, 28 November 1985, page 13.

“Thirty years ago,” Brandon Sun, 15 May 1986, page 9.

Ravenscourt Apartments, RG 11 Lawrence Stuckey fonds, S. J. McKee Archives.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 11 November 2023

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