McBeth House
31 McBeth Street

Alexander McBeth settled this property along the Red River when it was first deeded by the Crown in 1815.The McBeaths (later McBeth) being among Lord Selkirk's colonists who left Scotland to settle a permanent agricultural settlement in the Northwest. The property was situated just down the river from Fort Douglas, the trade and defence centre of the settlement.
The first home on the property was a Red River log house, from which McBeths' son Robert would run a small store from. Robert's son, also named Robert would come to inherit the property, and would come to purchase neighbouring land to accumulate a total of 400 acres.
In 1912 McBeth commissioned the William W. Cross to design a new home on the property. Built of solid red pressed brick, and also arranged for the integration of full plumbing and a sewer outlet for the house which was situated two miles outside of city limits.
Although McBeth died in 1915, the house stayed in the family for sixty years after.

* Historical Buildings Committee