During Winnipeg’s great boom years leading up to the First World War, the city boasted it had nearly as many millionaires as Toronto.
Men such as George Galt, Chester Stovel and James Ashdown built fine new homes for themselves during this period, but none was larger or more opulent than Alexander Davidson’s 10 Ruskin Row.
ARCHIVES OF MANITOBA, PERSONALITIES COLLECTIONAlexander Davidson, who came to Winnipeg in 1906 and had the mansion built six year… (View original article)