Bernier House
265 Provencher Boulevard

Bernier House was home to members of the Bernier family, a family active in politics, education, religion, law and international development, for over 70 years. Constructed in 1882 for Thomas-Alfred Bernier, and the family moved in upon completion. The house was designed by Bernier's cousin Aime Lebrice de Keroack, who moved to Manitoba in 1881, and interestingly established the first French bookstore in Canada's west, but was not known as an architect or builder.

The most prominent feature of the home is the tower on the west side of the front facade, which also had a central screened in porch and balcony when the house was built. There was also a door from the tower to the porch which has since been removed.

Bernier died in 1908, however his wife remained in the home 18 years following her husbands death, and the house remained in the hands of the eldest son Joseph until his death in 1951.

* Historical Buildings Committee