1927 – First Presbyterian Church, Winnipeg, Canada

Architect: Pratt & Ross / James J. McDiarmid

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First Presbyterian is the principal of four churches established in the last half of the 1920s by Winnipeg congregations that did not join the 1925 union of Presbyterians, Methodists and Congregationalists into the United Church of Canada. An elegant Gothic church with a cruciform plan, including transepts and nave. The tower parapet has touches of fashionable Edwardian architecture in England at the time. This return to British traditions departed from the then-popular American-influenced auditorium plan with its curved, sloped seating and stage-like pulpit and service platform.

Published November 1, 2024