ABRAMOVICH, David A. (1871-1950) was active in Winnipeg, Man. and specialized in the design of the prototypical but undistinguished three storey walk-up apartments erected during the building boom in that city before World War I. Born in Bucharest, Romania on 15 February 1871, he arrived in Canada in 1906 and settled in Winnipeg, Man. He appears to be the first Jewish architect to practise in Winnipeg, and he may be the first architect of the Jewish faith to live and work in the province of Manitoba. By 1920 he had moved to Los Angeles, California where he continued his career as an architect (Los Angeles City Directory, 1921, 378). He died there on 5 October 1950 (inf. Manitoba Association. of Architects).
(works in Winnipeg)
COHEN BLOCK, King Street near Jarvis Avenue, 1910 (Winnipeg b.p. 2405, 23 Aug. 1910)
EUCLID AVENUE, boarding house for H. Finesilver, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 6 Sept. 1911, 63)
CORUNA THEATRE, Logan Avenue, 1912 (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 5 Oct. 1912, 13, illus.)
JUSTIN APARTMENTS, Daly Street at Fleet Avenue, 1913 (Winnipeg b.p. 1506, 22 May 1913)
SINCLAIR STREET, at Alfred Avenue, apartment block for L. Rosenblat, 1913 (Winnipeg Tribune, 29 Jan. 1913, 1; Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 2 Aug. 1913, 10)
KING GEORGE COURT, Cockburn Street at Jessie Avenue, 1913 (Winnipeg b.p. 2733, 6 Aug. 1913)
BUILDER'S ASSOCIATION OF NORTH WINNIPEG, Manitoba Avenue, between Main Street and Salter Street, office building, 1913 (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 13 Sept. 1913, 11, illus.; inf. Robert Hamilton, Hamilton, Ont.)
LENORE STREET, at Wolseley Avenue, apartment block for L. Halpenny, 1913-14 (Winnipeg Daily Tribune, 22 Oct. 1913, 1, descrip.)
PULLMER APARTMENTS, Wardlaw Avenue at Nassau Street, 1913-14 (Winnipeg b.p. 4067, 13 Dec. 1913)
PARKHOLME APARTMENTS, Home Street, 1914 (Winnipeg b.p. 511, 1 April 1914)
MOUNTAIN AVENUE, at Powers Street, apartment block for the Levi Bros., 1914 (Winnipeg b.p. 603, 9 April 1914)
KITCHENER COURT, McMillan Avenue near Pembina Street, 1914 (Winnipeg b.p. 657, 13 April 1914)
FORTUNA BLOCK, Jessie Avenue, 1914 (Winnipeg b.p. 658, 13 April 1914)
MACHRAY AVENUE, at Charles Street, apartment block for A. Jacob, 1914 (Winnipeg Daily Tribune, 15 April 1914, 1)
SCOTIA STREET, between Inkster Boulevard and Athol Street, apartment block for E. Lazarus, 1914 (Winnipeg Daily Tribune, 16 April 1914, 7; Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 17 April 1914, 24)
BALTIC APARTMENTS, Manitoba Avenue at Aikins Street, 1914 (Winnipeg b.p. 1140, 5 May 1914)