Church Buildings

In 1888 a small church named Rosebank Methodist was built on the York farm beside a small cemetery (1-5-6w). Soon after 1905 it was moved to the William’s farm on 29-4-5w next to the Ager School. From then on it was referred to as the Ager Church. After it was closed the church was sold to the Pentland family and moved to their farm 20-4-5w.

No records exist in this Archives.

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A Methodist church was built in 1886 and a Presbyterian was built in 1887. A Union Church was created in 1919 and they decided to use the Presbyterian building. After Church Union in 1926, the former Methodist church was sold to become a Masonic Temple (no longer standing) and the new United Church continued to use the former Presbyterian building. The congregation is still active (2015) and is served through an agreement with Trinity United in Brandon. In May 1969 they received permission to sell their manse for $2500.

Records Description for Alexander Presbyterian Church

Records Description for Alexander Union Church

Records Description for Alexander United Church

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Built in 1891 by the Bible Christian Church (prior to Methodist Union) on NW ¼ 19-2-6 6 miles SW of Thornhill (in the Shadeland District near Morden) and just west of the town site of Alexandria – it is the only church built by this denomination in Manitoba (Western Canada). It was the first denomination in Canada to welcome women preachers. In 1886 the building was moved to NE ¼ 26-2-7 and used there until 1896 when it was replaced by the larger Zion Methodist Church. It was then moved to a private farm and was demolished in 1982.

Records Description for Ebenezer Methodist Church

Also see a biography of the first minister, Andrew Gordon here.

Alma United Church existed in the Manitoba community of Alma, near Belmont, in the Rural Municipality of Strathcona, from 1925 to 1960. It was previously a Presbyterian congregation (founding date unknown) with services held in the local schoolhouse. Alma United Church was linked with Belmont United beginning at Union in 1925 with Rev. H. Wallace presiding, and was later joined by Hilton. Services were discontinued in 1960, and it no longer appears in the records after 1968.

Records Description for Alma United Church

The Alonsa United Church, located in the Manitoban community of Alonsa, northeast of McCreary, was first opened 14 August 1938 and dedicated later that year. It was associated with various other United Church charges during the years it was active. The Alonsa United Church closed in June 2006 and the building, still in its original location was sold to the nearby Alex Robertson Museum.

Records Description for Alonsa United Church

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The settlement of Altamont, 125 km southwest of Winnipeg, was first founded in 1878 as Musselboro. Both Methodist and Presbyterian services began soon after. The Presbyterians built a church in 1897. In 1903 the Methodists bought the new, unused Mussellboro school and moved it into town to be used as the church. The church is still in use (2015) and is shared with the Anglican Parish. The library is also in the building.

No records exist in this Archives.

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Altona United Church was founded by veterans of the 2nd World War of Mennonite descent. Because they had served in the military, the pacisfist Mennonite Church would not allow the soliders to continue as members. Altona United held its first service in a school basement on Easter Sunday in 1953.

Records of Altona United Church

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This building in the village of Amaranth on the west side of Lake Manitoba, now used as an insurance business, was the former Amaranth United Church built in 1952. Prior to that the church used a building on the adjacent property which had been a house and was converted into a church . A cairn commemorating that church stand on the site. The congregation closed in 1990 and the building was sold then.

View this photo for more history.Amaranth United Church Cairn Plaque.

Records Description for Amaranth United Church

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Originally Methodist, a building was erected in 1910 in the village of Angusville (on Highway 45 northwest of Waywaysecappo First Nation). A union Church was formed with Seeburn Presbyterian Mission in 1916, later becoming a United Church. The congregation closed in 1966 and the building sold a year later.

Records Description for Angusville United Church

Records Description for Anola United Church

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The Archibald United Church (formerly Methodist) was built in Archibald in the late 1890s. After the congregation closed in 1964, the building stood vacant until the nearby Archibald Historical Museum took it upon themselves to move and eventually restore this landmark. It is now part of the museum near LaRivere.

For a detailed history.

A commerative cairn was erected on the original site in 1970. See the cairn here

There are no records in this archives.

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The present Arden United Church (2015) in the village of Arden, northeast of Neepawa, uses the former St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church built in 1893. A Ladies Aid had been organized the year prior and they purchased the pews, pulpit and chair, and the communion service.There was also a St. John's Methodist Church, begun in 1878 with a church erected in 1889. Union did not take place in Arden until 1927.

There are no records in this archives.

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Originally Presbyterian, the congregation first held services in 1878. The church was built in 1881, with the first service on November 26th. The building was moved from the original site at SW ¼ 18-15-1E where the cemetery is to the village and placed on a foundation with a basement. The entrance was changed and the building was expanded. The congregation was part of the Stonewall Pastoral Charge and eventually amalgamated with Stonewall United Church. Occasional services were held in the building after amalgamation, with the final closing service held in 2007. The building was sold and is now (2015) a private home.

Records Description for Brant-Argyle United Church

Brant Argyle Cemetery (original site of the building)

The Arizona Presbyterian Church, in the community southeast of Sydney, Manitoba, was built in about 1891, and shared by the Methodists until union in 1925 when it became the home of the Arizona United Church. The congregation was closed in the mid-1960’s and in 1974 the building was moved to the Manitoba Agricultural Museum at Austin, where it is now part of the heritage building collection there.

Records Description for Arizonia United Church

Manitoba Agricultural Museum

Originally built in 1904 to accommodate the Presbyterian congregation in the community of Arnauld, near Morris, the building later served the United Church congregation. The congregation was without a minister for some period, but services resumed in 1944. In 1971 the congregation was was closed. The building, vacant and still on the same site, is still owned by the United Church and is now a designated Heritage building.

Provincial Historic Designation.

Records Description for Armaud United Church

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Originally a Presbyterian congregation, the Arrow River Church was active from 1882 to 1969, becoming United in 1925 at the time of church union. Arrow River is west of Crandal and east of Miniota on highway 24 in Manitoba. The building is no longer on the site, but a replica and cairn has been erected in honour of the congregation.

Records Description for Arrow River United Church

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Asessippi Union Church was built in 1896. Union churches, in this case Methodists and Presbyterians, were formed prior to the official union in 1925. In 1923, the building was was moved to Inglis, and was home to the Inglis United Church until 1953 when a new, larger building was constructed. The original building was sold to Alec Pentilchuk, and is now a private residence (2015). (See entry for Inglis for additional information.)

Records Description for Asessippi Union Church

Ashern Presbyterian Church, in the Interlake region north of Winnipeg, was built in 1919. In 1925, it became Ashern United Church. An addition to the building was made in the 1950s, providing Christian Education and meeting space.

Records Description for Ashern United Church

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Riverview United Church was formed in 1953 and is located in Atikokan, Ontario.

No records exist in this Archives.

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Austin United Church was formed as a mission in 1887, officially becoming a Presbyerian congregation in 1889, opening their first building in December of that year. In 1911 the Presbyterians joined with area Methodists to form a Union congregation (Austin-Melvin) and in 1925 it became Austin United Church. The congregation began to discuss building a new church in January of 1955. A new church was eventually built on the site of the previous church and dedicated on June 19, 1960. The 1899 building was sold to a J. Gilmour for $1000. The closing service was held May 31, 2009 and the building was sold and is now (2015) a private residence.

Records Description for Austin Presbyterian Church

Records Description for Austin United Church

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Records Description for Aux Marais United Church

St. Stephen's United Church, in Bagot, Manitoba, west of Portage la Prairie, was built in 1952-53 and closed December 31, 1969. The building was sold and moved south to Belmont, Manitoba to become a Pentecostal Church.

Records for Bagot United Church

Methodists in the Belmont area welcomed their first minister in 1884 and within a year Reverend James Hoskins had added Bethel Methodist to his Otenaw Circuit. When the community of Baldur was formed, in 1889, the church was moved into town. Within fifteen years a larger building was required and in 1904 the present church was constructed and was chosen over the Presbyterian building as the home for the new Baldur United Church in 1925. The building is a fascinating expression of the Gothic Revival tradition. A variety of window shapes abound—rectangular in the tower, round-arched at the back, the large pointed-arched openings in the nave and in the middle of the tower a very unusual opening based on a Gothic shape called a trefoil.

Records for Baldur United Church

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Balmoral, just north of Winnipeg, has a rich history in both the Methodist and Presbyterian traditions dating back to the 1870s. A small Methodist church was built on the Peden farm about a mile west of Balmoral. In 1884 it was moved into the village. The congregation was joined by a small group of Methodists that had been meeting in the nearby Victoria district. A new church was built in 1889. Balmoral Methodist Church, prior to 1925. In 1907 when a church was built in the new village of Gunton, the congregation which had met in the Greenridge School, a few miles from both villages, disbanded and joined the congregations in Gunton and Balmoral. In 1925 the Balmoral Methodist Church and the Victoria Presbyterian Church came together, but worshipped in the two buildings. In the late 1940s they came back together in the Balmoral church, which continues to service the congregation. (See next entry)

Balmoral United Church and School, no date

Records for Balmoral United Church

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The Victoria Presbyterian Church was formed in 1882 and constructed the building in 1883. It is located near the village of Balmoral, just north of Winnipeg. Later, some of the Presbyterians also gathered for worship in the Methodist church in Balmoral. In 1917 the Presbyterians ceased regular worship in the Victoria church, but continued to gather in the Balmoral church for a while. At union in 1925 the Methodists and Presbyterians joined and both churches were used. Former Methodists living in the Victoria district chose to worship with their former Presbyterian neighbours in the Victoria building. Because of declining membership in the 1940s, the Victoria congregation merged with the Balmoral congregation and the Victoria building was no longer used. Each year since 1969, a service is held in the Victoria building on the third Sunday of June. The cemetery continues to be used by the community and is maintained by the church. (See the prior entry for more on Balmoral churches)

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Knox Presbyterian Church was built in 1901 in Basswood, Manitoba, southeast of Shoal Lake, with the intention of serving as a Union Church. However, in order to affiliate itself with the nearby churches of Fairmount and Cadurcis and secure the services of a minister, the congregation had to declare itself Presbyterian. After Church Union in 1925, the building became home to Basswood United. A vestry was added in 1934 and the choir enlarged in 1934. The congregation closed about 1984 . The building was sold in 1988, and a cairn has been erected on the site.

Records for Basswood United Church

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Bayfield Presbyterian Church was near Foxwarren in the RM of Silver Creek. It was built in 1911 but damaged by fire in 1917. When it was repaired it was moved to another site in Foxwarren and it became the home for the United Church. The congregation closed about 1960. The building was sold and moved to Russell, MB where it became St. Vladimir Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church. A cairn commemorating the congregation is maintained on the property which was sold in 2002 to Alex and Shirley Low.

Records of Bayfield United Church

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The first church, Presbyterian, was built in Beaconsfield, about 100 miles southwest of Winnipeg, in 1886 although the oldest stone in the cemetery is dated 1883 (Mary Arnold). It was destroyed by fire the following year. A replacement was built in 1888 and served the congregation until 1903 when more land was purchased on the site and a new church erected. In 1925 it became home to Beaconsfield United Church. Regular services were discontinued in 1955. A Methodist Church was also built in Beaconsfield and in 1906 was moved into Somerset. It was later sold and moved.

Records of Beaconsfield Methodist Mission

Records of Swan Lake United Church

Situated 195 kilometres north-east of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Beardmore United Church had two preaching points, Auden and Jellico. The congregation no longer exists.

Presbyterians in the community of Beausejour, Manitoba, about 80 kilometers north of Winnipeg built a church in 1904 at 332 3rd. St. N. The buildiing was also used by the Methodists and became home to the new Beausejour United Church. later named St. Paul's, in 1925. In 1953, the building was altered and moved to the corner of Gertrude Ave. and 3rd. Street. The congregation built a new church on a new location and the old church was sold.

Records of Beausejour Presbyterian Church

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Beaver United Church, located in the Manitoba Rural Municipality of North Norfolk, came into existence in 1925 with the amalgamation of Hampton Presbyterian and Wesley Methodist Churches, although they had entered a Local Union in 1913. The Methodist building, erected in 1891 was closed in favour of the Presbyterian building, also constructed in 1891. It served as home until the United Church congregation closed on October 16, 1966, having amalgamated with MacGregor United Church. The building was sold to the Beaver Community Club and moved to Jackson's Lake and later sold to Dennis Rothwell and moved to his farm in 1984 to be used for storage. The Methodist building was moved to Bagot, Manitoba.

Records of Beaver United Church

Records of Hampton Presbyterian Church

Services began in homes in the Belmont, Manitoba area about 1884. After the railway was established in 1889, the town of Belmont was officially created. A Methodist church was built and dedicated on June 23, 1893. Shortly after Union in 1925 it was sold to the Pentecostal Assembly – the new United Church congregation chose to use the former Belmont Presbyterian Church building which was built in 1891. In 1927 it was enlarged and brick exterior was added and is still in use (2015)

There are no records in this Archives.

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As well as being the source of learning, the Belses school was also the centre of communty life; spiritually and socially. Protestant church services and Sunday School, with the Pipestone minister in attendance were held from 1887 to 1949, mostly in the School building. In 1948 the congregation amalgamated with Pipestone United Church.

Records of Pipestone United Church

The Benito Methodist Mission was originally established around 1900. In 1925, when the congregation became Benito United Church, the pastoral field included points at Durban and Ruby.

Records of Benito United Church

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The name Berbank was created by combining the names of two local districts: Riverbank and Bertha. Both were located south of Brandon in the Rural Municipality of Oakland. The Berbank Church was built in 1919. Its construction grew out of the work of the Berbank Red Cross founded in 1917. The Berbank Church was a "union" church, constructed in anticipation of the formation of the United Church of Canada and is a memorial to four men: Jack Fisher, Harry Hardwick, Harry Martin, and Cecil Minary, who gave their lives in the First World War. In 1966, the Berbank congregation joined with the Nesbitt congregation to operate out of the Nesbitt United Church. The final service was held at the Berbank United Church that year.

Records of Berbank United Church

Records of Berbank United Church (Provincial Archives)

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The Beren’s River Methodist Mission began in 1873. By the 1880s buildings had been constructed. The sanctuary itself was a frame church with a seating capacity of 150 people. A mission and school house, which was able to hold 80 pupils, completed the mission. In 1925 the congregation joined the United Church. Construction for a new church was begun in August of 1958 and was subsequently completed in October of that same year. This building consisted of a sanctuary, a club room, kitchen and auditorium. It was built by the Board of Home Missions for less than $30,000.

Records of Beren's River United Church

Records of Beren's River Methodist Church

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Beresford United Church, near Brandon, Manitoba had its roots in a Local Union between the Beresford Methodist and Presbyterian congregations, formed in June of 1913. The original Beresford Methodist Church, of wood frame construction was built during the summer of 1891 and dedicated at a service on 3 November 1891. The church was part of the Kemnay Mission. In April 1902, the building was destroyed by fire. Construction of a modest brick replacement commenced during the early summer of 1903 and was completed by the parishioners in mid-1904. It was dedicated on November 27, 1904. It became the home of the Union and then United Church. The congregation was closed in 1969 and in 1971 the building was sold to the Beresford Community Club for $25.

Records of Beresford United Church

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Bernice Methodist, later Union and then United Church was in the Napinka area in the southwest corner of Manitoba. It closed in the 1950s and the building was sold and moved.

Records of Bernice United Church

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The Beulah United Church was the product of a Local Union between the local Presbyterians and Methodists in 1923, then formally in 1925. The former Presbyterian Church was used for worship after Union. The last service in Beulah United Church took place on June 25, 1972. The church building was sold and became the Beulah Community Chapel. Beulah, located on Highway 83 north or Virden, Manitoba, was originally called Doyle's Settlement.

Records of Beulah Presbyterian Church

Records of Beulah Methodist Church

Records of Beulah United Church

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What became Bield Presbyterian (later United) Church was orginally built as a school in 1903. It was moved from the original site in 1912. It closed as a church in 1964 and was later used as a community club. Bield is on Highway 5, east of the town of Roblin.

There are no records in this Archives.

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Records of Binscarth United Church

Birch River Methodist Church was established as a mission in 1914. Services were held in private homes and in the community until the first church was built in 1928. A new foundation for the church was constructed in 1937. It was replaced by another church that was dedicated on April 21, 1964. A fire on March 10, 1991 resulted in extensive damage in the church. Damaged portions were repaired or replaced and the church was re-dedicated in October of 1991. The congregation is now closed.

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The first services of Birds Hill Presbyterian Church were held in a home. Birds Hill (just north of Winnipeg) first appeared in the record books in 1897 with Springfield and Suthwyn. The Anglicans and Presbyterians both held services in the schoolhouse built in 1888. In 1914 the Presbyterians built a church basement. In 1925, Birds Hill Presbyterian officially joined the United Church of Canada and became Birds Hill United. A church was built at 2005 Burton Avenue and opened on July 26, 1931. The pews used in this church came from the Central Congregational Church in Winnipeg, which had closed. A Christian Education wing was added in 1957.

Records of Birds Hill United Church

Zion Methodist Church was built in the village of Birnie, in the Rural Municipality of Rosedale, in 1906. It became Zion Union Church in July 1919, and in 1925 Zion United, serving its congregation until 1988 when the church building was demolished due to structural deterioration. A commemorative cairn is on the site. This cairn, with the church bell mounted on top, commemorates the church and its service to the community. The congregation closed in 1992.

Records of Zion Presbyterian Church

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Orange Ridge Methodist Church was built 1898 it was first located on the ridge east of Birnie, a settlement north of Neepawa, Manitoba. In 1908 it was moved into town by John McGorman and used as a day school.

There are no records in this Archives.

A local Union church was formed in Birtle from Vine Street Presbyterian Church and Jubilee Methodist Church. The Presbyterian Church continued to be used as the United Church and is the best expression of the Gothic Revival architecture that defined such buildings in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. After Union, the Methodist Church was used as classrooms for day school pupils until it was torn down in 1931.

Records of Birtle United Church

This United Church in Bissett, Manitoba was built on Crown Land in 1947 with a lease to expire in 2015. When the mining situation changed and the population decreased the church was closed (about 2004) and the building was sold.

Records of Bissett United Church

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Presbyterian services began in Balaris, Manitoba, near Miniota, about 1888-1890. The Methodist Church was built in 1903 and was used by the Presbyterians . The church burned in 1912 and the Presbyterians assisted in building a new church as a Union Church which opened in 1913. The Blaris United Church closed in 1952 and most of the congregation joined Isabella United. The building was demolished in 1982.

uld be delighted to hear from you.Records of Blaris Methodist Church

Records of Blaris Presbyterian Church

Records of Blaris United Church

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St. Paul’s Methodist (United) Church was built in Boissevain, Manitoba in 1893, it is one of the foremost representatives of fieldstone construction. Local sandstone was used. The church is also a fine example of the Gothic Revival style, one of the most commonly used architectural expressions of the age. Edward Lowry, a Winnipeg architect, prepared the design for the building. This building replaced a modest frame structure. The interior plaster work was done by Sandy Bissett, who is believed to have plastered the parliament buildings in Ottawa. In more recent times the building has been extended and modernized, always in keeping with its original character.

There are no records in this Archives.

In 1899 a Methodist minister was sent to the Bowsman area, east of Swan River, Manitoba to organize a mission field, and in 1901 Bowsman was listed as the Bowsman River Methodist Mission Field, which included Lavender, Avonlea, Cropper Tops, and Craigsford. A Methodist church was opened in 1911. At some point before 1922, the Bowsman Methodist Church became the Bowsman Co-operative Church. In 1925, it officially became Bowsman United Church. A new education hall was built in 1966 and then became used as worship space and the old building was dismantled.

Records of Bowsman Methodist Church

Records of Bowsman United Church

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The Methodist Church was built for Bradwardine, Manitoba, northeast of Virden, in 1890. The building was moved to Harding, just west Bradwardine in 1901. It became a United Church in 1925 and was closed as a congregation in or about 1964.

There are no records in this Archives.

The first building at 8th St. & Lorne Ave. in Brandon, Manitoba was St. Paul’s Presbyterian. built in 1901 in the Romanesque Revival style. In 1925, St. Paul's became a United Church congregation. Central United of Brandon was formed in 1969 following the amalgamation of two churches in Brandon and one in Kemnay, a small community west of Brandon. The three churches were St. Paul's United (1880-1969) originally a Presbyterian Church, First Church United (1881-1969) originally a Methodist Church and Kemnay United (1891-1969). First Church United and Kemnay United properties were sold and the St. Paul's building became home to the new congregation, bearing the new name. That building was destroyed by fire in 1986. The current building was erected on the same site and occupied in September of 1988, just twenty-seven months after the fire. Fourteen months later, it was announced to the congregation that the building was paid for and that a mortgage was not required. The entrance to the new church incorporates St. Paul’s original limestone arches, and the seats in the courtyard are made out of the old church’s foundation stones. (see entries below for more info on each of the founding congregations)

There are no records in this Archives.

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Congregationalists began a mission effort in Brandon, Manitoba about 1887. Calvary Congregational Church was officially formed in 1890 and a church was built on 9th Street at Louise. The congregation struggled and in 1923 voted to close. In 1925 it was sold to the Pentecostal Church. The building was destroyed by fire in 1940. The Church of the Nazarene stands on the site now.

Records of Calvary Congregational Church

Methodist worship started in Brandon, Manitoba in 1881. A congregation, initially called Grand Valley Methodist, then Brandon Methodist, then First Methodist had a building on 6th Street, replaced by one on 7th and then in 1899, opened First Methodist across the street from St. Paul's Presbyterian. At the time of Union, both St. Paul's and First became United Church congregations. In 1969, the two congregations, along with Kemnay United joined to become Central United. The First building was sold and demolished in 1971.

There are no records in this Archives.

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Both Knox United Church (formerly Presbyterian) and Victoria Avenue United (formerly Methodist) existed in the Manitoba city of Brandon from the time of Union in 1925. Knox, known as the "south church" amalgamated with the "north church," the Victoria Avenue United Church in 1933. Services were held at both churches until 1938, when extensive repairs needed at both churches forced the congregation to make the decision to retain the north church and sell the south church. It was sold to Tony Smith in 1939 and has since been demolished. Once the move was officially made, the congregation became Knox and the Victoria building continued to be used until a new church was built on a new location at 18th and Victoria, in 1956. The original Victoria building was sold to a Christian Reformed Congregation.

Records of Knox Brandon United Church

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St. Paul’s was constructed in 1900 based on plans by local architect W.H. Shillinglaw. In 1925, the congregation joined the United Church of Canada, becoming St. Paul’s United Church. The church underwent major restoration in 1953 and at this time acquired what was then the largest organ in Western Canada. In 1969, St. Paul’s amalgamated with three other congregations to become Central United Church. In 1986 the building was destroyed in a fire caused by a lightning strike. (See Central United entry above for further information.)

There are no records in this Archives.

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Photo credit: Bill Gillis, 2008

Both Knox United Church (formerly Presbyterian) and Victoria Avenue United (formerly Methodist) existed in the Manitoba city of Brandon from the time of Union in 1925. Knox, known as the "south church" amalgamated with the "north church," the Victoria Avenue United Church in 1933. Services were held at both churches until 1938, when extensive repairs needed at both churches forced the congregation to make the decision to retain the north church and sell the south church. It was sold to Tony Smith in 1939 and has since been demolished. Once the move was officially made, the congregation became Knox and the Victoria building continued to be used until a new church was built on a new location at 18th and Victoria, in 1956. The original Victoria building (at 15th and Victoria) was sold to a Christian Reformed Congregation..

Records of Knox Brandon United Church

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At first religious services were conducted in the homes of various parishioners, but in 1896 the Presbyterians joined their Methodist neighbors to build a Union Church for the use of both denominations. It was constructed on a plot of land donated by Rev. George Roddick and was modeled on the Neo-Gothic church in Durham, Nova Scotia where he had first performed his ministerial duties. The central entrance tower is finely detailed. This building was destroyed by fire in 2004 and a new church was built. (see next entry for information on new Brandon Hills United building)

Records for Brandon Hills United Church

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This Brandon Hills United Church building was constructed in 2007 after fire destroyed the previous building in 2004. (see entry above).

Brandon Hills building and cemetery in 2008.

Brookdale Methodist Church built in 1904, became home to the Brookdale United in 1925. The cornerstone was re-laid on August 5, 1939 after the church's basement was enlarged. The church was moved and remodeled in 1954, and was rededicated on February 21, 1954. The cornerstone was again re-laid on September 26 of that year.

Records for Brookdale United Church

Photo Credit: Bill Gillis, circa 2008

The predecessor of Broomhill United Church, in Broomhill, southwest of Virden in Manitoba, was Broomhill Presbyterian Church, which formed a Local Union in 1920. When it officially joined the United Church of Canada in 1925, it was part of the Tilston Pastoral charge. There were no services after the late 1940s and the congregation closed in 1954.

Records for Broomhill United Church

Bunclody Methodist Church was built in 1908. The church was served by supply ministers, often from Souris, for much of its history. The building continued to serve the congregation as Bunclody United Church after 1925. The church closed in 1958. There is some dispute about whether the congregation was ever officially a United Church Pastoral Charge, which raised questions in 1963 about jurisdiction over the building and land. A mystery remaining to be solved ...

Records for Bunclody United Church

Burnside Presbyterian Church constructed a building in Burnside, west of Portage la Prairie, Manitoba in 1890. The building became home to Burnside United Church after union in 1925, and the Methodist Church building was sold to be used as a community hall. The congregation merged with nearby Edwin in 1967 and then closed in 1969. The building was sold and a cairn was placed on the site. The cairn also commemorates Edwin United Church.

Burnside and Edwin United (MB) plague on cairn.

Records for Burnside Presbyterian Church

Records for Burnside United Church

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