1849 – St. Andrew’s Anglican Church, Manitoba
Architect: William Cockran
Between 1845 and 1849 construction proceeded on a new stone church to serve the burgeoning Parish of St.
Between 1845 and 1849 construction proceeded on a new stone church to serve the burgeoning Parish of St.
Built as the home of Archdeacon William Cockran, who designed the adjacent church,
The official church for employees of the Hudson’s Bay Company who were stationed at the nearby Lower Fort Garry,
A simple unadorned but robustly detailed stone house on the riverbank.
This little church provides a little conundrum – is it rendered over timber siding,
Lower Fort Garry is one of the finest collections of early stone buildings in western Canada.