1907 – Zion United Church, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada

Design heavily based on the now demolished Zion Church in Winnipeg. Designed by the same architect, Winnipegger James Chisholm, the congregation engaged Chisholm to adapt his design for Winnipeg’s Zion church for their own new place of worship on Main Street. Moose Jaw’s Zion Church was Chisholm’s only commission in the city. Originally Methodist, in the 1920s with the union of Presbyterian, Congregationalist, and Methodist, it became United Church of Canada.

The open balconied interior is described as “…. In Western Canada Zion’s dome is fairly unique both for its size (measuring 38’ in diameter and rising approx. 44’ from floor level) and for its stained glass centre (measuring 16’ in diameter)….” The church cost $65,000 to build with an additional $6,000 being spent on the Casavant Organ.

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