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Winnipeg – Kelly House

Architect(s)Michael Kelly
88 Adelaide Street, Winnipeg, MB
Kelly House with a tree and bush growing in front and obscuring part of the facade.
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Kelly House with trees and bushes growing around it, obscuring the facades.
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Kelly House with trees and bushes growing around it, obscuring the facades.
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Windows on the side of Kelly House with ornate trim under the roofline. Weeds grow in front of the facade.
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Date Built: 1882

Styles:
Queen Anne Revival
characteristics:
Asymmetrical / Asymmetry Segmental arch Hip roof Brackets Label Eaves Quoins Sash Double-hung window Transom light Brick Bargeboard Steep pitched roof

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Kelly House is not as well-known as it’s first owners.

Namely, the Kelly House is not immediately connected with Winnipeg’s Kelly Brothers Contracting. The contracting firm, founded in 1881, consisted of brothers Michael, Martin, and Thomas Kelly. Today, Thomas is the most well-known of the three, having played a role in a 1915 government construction scandal that resulted in the arrest of three men and removal of the conservative party from office.

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88 Adelaide Street, Winnipeg, MB
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Michael was responsible for the design of Kelly House, built in 1882. Designed in the eccentric Queen Anne Revival style, the home features a number of unusual decorative elements including sunburst patterns in the woodwork above the doorway and on the gable window.

Between 1881 and 1894, a rotating cast of Kelly’s lived in the house. Once Michael Kelly moved to a larger house on Notre Dame Avenue, he began renting out the smaller home on Adelaide Street. Architect James Cadham lived there from 1897 to 1901. Thomas Kelly purchased the house in 1908, as the once predominantly residential neighbourhood was becoming increasingly industrial.

Following Thomas Kelly’s arrest for his role in the Manitoba Legislative Building scandal, the City of Winnipeg acquired the Kelly House. Today, it is the only home remaining in Winnipeg’s Exchange District.