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University Women's Club.(plaque unveiled at Ralph Connor House, Winnipeg)(Brief Article)
From: Manitoba History
Date: 20050601
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On May 12 a plaque was unveiled commemorating Ralph Connor House at 54 West Gate in Winnipeg as a building of provincial historic significance. It is occupied by the University Women's Club. The house was built in 1914 as a home for the Reverend Dr. Charles Gordon. Rev. Gordon (1860-1937) was a Presbyterian minister and a novelist writing under the name of Ralph Connor. He and his wife Helen raised their six daughters and a son in this house. The original cost of the structure was $50,000.
The architect, George Northwood, was instructed to build an Elizabethan House ...
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