Marringhurst Heritage House
NW 20-3-12 W,
Glenora area

Designation Date: March 8, 1994
Designation Authority: The R.M. of Argyle
Present Owner: privately owned

The former Wilson House was constructed in 1909 by Richard Milner Wilson, a pioneer homesteader in the Marringhurst district, who arrived with his parents and siblings in 1879 from Mitchell, Ontario. Richard Wilson became a successful farmer, active local politician and a leader in the formation of the Grain Growers Association in Manitoba. The house is a variation on the "four-square" design commonly featured in pattern books from 1885 to 1940. Commodious in size, this two and-a-half storey red brick house is set on a stone foundation. Rows of alternating coloured shingles decorate the three dormers and rear gable.