In 1850, Reverend W.H. Taylor was instructed by the Bishop of Rupert’s Land, The Right Reverend David Anderson, to establish a church for the settlement expanding westward along the banks of the Assiniboine River.
Although most of the church was built as designed by Wheeler, the magnificent tower and spire was never constructed.
The third church on this site, the present church was commenced in 1883 and completed in 1884.
Built in the boom years of the early 1880s, the cost of this new church,
Winnipeg is the only city in North America with two Roman Catholic Cathedrals due to the amalgamation of the city with St Boniface in 1972.
St. Augustine Presbyterian Church, now Augustine United Church, was originally founded in 1887. In 1904,
St. Luke’s Anglican is probably one of the best pieces of church architecture in Winnipeg. The main building was designed by Winnipeg architect C.F.
The fourth church or cathedral on this site was built in 1908 and destroyed by fire in 1968.
Interesting little church with a very unusual corner tower. The stonework has a vaguely Scottish Baronial feel but the red tiled cupola instead of a spire is unusual and endearing.
Originally built as a Presbyterian Church, this large brick building is quite clumsy in design.
