1890 – A.G.B. Bannatyne Residence, Armstrong’s Point, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Architect: Rowan & Payne

Armstrong’s Point was intended as an enclave of palatial residences for the new rich merchant classes of the booming Winnipeg in the late 19th century. One of the first to be built for the residents of A.G.B. Bannatyne merchant. His tyndall stone and red sandstone mansion was commonly called Bannatyne’s Castle. However he didn’t live to enjoy it – his health being destroyed by the stresses of the bust of the mid 1880s – dying in 1889 before it was completed. The house was eventually completed by J. Stewart Tupper, who renamed it Ravenscourt. It was used as a boys school and a convent before being demolished in 1951. Perspective view including plan published in The Architect, November 10th 1883.