Maison Gabrielle-Roy, House museum in Saint Boniface, Winnipeg, Canada.
Maison Gabrielle-Roy is a two-story wooden house in Saint Boniface built in American Foursquare style with cedar shingles and board siding. It features a large front gallery and sits on Deschambault Street as a preserved example of early 20th century residential architecture.
Léon Roy, a colonization agent, bought the land in 1903 and had the house built by his brother-in-law Zénon Landry; the family moved in in 1905. Gabrielle Roy, the youngest of eleven children, was born there on 22 March 1909 and lived in it until 1937. It was designated a National Historic Site of Canada on 28 March 2009, after being named a Winnipeg heritage structure in 1982 and a Manitoba provincial heritage site in 2001.
The house museum opened in 2003 and offers services in English and French. It is affiliated with the Canadian Museums Association, the Canadian Heritage Information Network and the Virtual Museum of Canada. Roy mentioned the house in Rue Deschambault and La Détresse et l'Enchantement.
The house is easily accessible by public transit and located in a quiet residential area of Saint Boniface. Visitors should allow time to walk through the restored rooms and explore the displayed objects at a comfortable pace.
The house appears in two of Roy's books: Rue Deschambault and La Détresse et l'Enchantement. Its 2003 restoration to the 1918 state cost CA$650,000, and the museum has offered services in English and French year-round since opening.
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