Bernard House
454 Edmonton Street

Situated across from Central Park, the Bernard house was constructed in 1903, and upon its completion it was sold to Hermisdas (Henri) and Louia Bernard, hoteliers from Montreal.

The 2 1/2 story house was built by the Malcol Brothers out of brick and situated atop a stone foundation. It features varied window sizes, including a leaded glass window on one side of the front entrance, and a similar transom window on the other. The original front porch was two stories high with latticework providing a frame for the second floor doorway. Only parts of the first floor porch remain today. The turret on the northeast corner is a good indicator of the Queen Anne Style in which the house was built. The home was wired for electricity but was also hooked up to gas fixtures, because of the unreliability of electric power.

Little of the original interior remains after several renovations to the house, namely the division into rental units sometime in the 1930s. However, the Bernard House is being restored for commercial and residential purposes as a part of the revitalization to the Central Park area. The project received assistance from the Winnipeg Core Area Initiative, and the Province of Manitoba's Municipally Designated Building Grants Program.

*Historical Buildings Committee