Barber House

This is one of Winnipeg’s earliest buildings. Constructed in 1862 and continuously occupied for over one hundred years, it is an example of Red River frame construction. Of American birth, Barber established prosperous mercantile and real estate ventures in the Red River Settlement. He laid out many of the streets in Point Douglas, then the estate of his father-in-law, Robert Logan (1773-1866), a fur trader who became a prominent settler and councillor of Assiniboia.

After sitting vacant for many years, a fire destroyed much of the property. In 2011 it was restored for community use.