This three-storey brick building at the corner of Young Street and Westminster Avenue in Winnipeg, measuring 69 feet by 111 feet, was designed by local architect Charles Saunders Bridgman and built in 1926 by Skuli Benjaminson at a cost of about $50,000. The building contained 37 apartments in its original configuration.
Winnitoba Block (November 2020)
Source: George PennerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.88189, W97.15586
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: Charles Saunders Bridgman (1876-1965)
Memorable Manitobans: Skuli Benjaminson (1879-1970)
City of Winnipeg Building Permit 228/1926, City of Winnipeg Archives.
“Early Icelandic builders in Winnipeg” by S. Aleck Thorarinson, Logberg Heimskringla, 30 March 1967, page 7.
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, Gordon Goldsborough, and George Penner.
Page revised: 1 June 2022
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