Residences /  Draper House - Wellington Street

Building Code 574.C.14
Construction
Date
ca. 1910
Origins Retail
Description
The Draper House is located in Historic Downtown Virden, a designated heritage district consisting of a six-block area of the historic commercial core of the Town of Virden, with buildings mostly dating from the period of the community’s initial growth from 1882 to 1903. The municipal designation applies to the approximately 10000 square-metre parcel of land.
Heritage Value
The Draper House is valued for its contribution to the character of Historic Downtown Virden, significant historically and architecturally as a rare remaining Manitoba example, mostly intact, of the kind of streetscape that defined small-town commercial cores from the turn of the 20th century. Its simple form and brick exterior still define important qualities and characteristics that reflect the character of  the whole district..
Character Defining
Elements
Key elements that define the exterior heritage character of the Draper House include: 
- the simple Cottage-style form in brick,  etc.

Site History

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