1909 – Roslyn Apartments, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Architect: William Wallace Blair
Eccentric apartment building designed by Irish architect William Wallace Blair in a strange Queen Anne inspired style.
Eccentric apartment building designed by Irish architect William Wallace Blair in a strange Queen Anne inspired style.
This large stone and stucco building with the half-timbering over the upper levels, was the last home of Mark Fortune.
From its heavy brick exterior to its masonry base, the building screams solidity. And it is.
Born at Anketell Lodge, Stewartstown, Co. Tyrone, he was educated at the Academical Institute of Belfast, Ireland, later serving as a pupil under Charles Sherry of Belfast.