Historic Sites of Manitoba: Ebenezer Evangelical Lutheran Church / Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church / First Norwegian Baptist Church / German Full Gospel Church / Indian Métis Holiness Chapel / Vietnamese Mennonite Church (333 Alexander Avenue, Winnipeg)

This brick and stone building at the corner of Alexander Avenue and Stanley Street in Winnipeg was designed by local architect Frederick A. Palmer and built in 1901 by contractor George Thomas Clark Halford as a home for the Ebenezer Evangelical Lutheran Church. It operated there until around 1915.

The building subsequently served other congregations including the Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church (1916-1924), Morning Star Mission Church (1925-1927), Bethel Mission Church (1928-1929), First Norwegian Baptist Church / Bethel Baptist Church (1930-1948), German Full Gospel Church (1950), Indian Métis Holiness Chapel (1990), and Hoi Thánh Tin Làhn Viêt Nam Vietnamese Mennonite Church (2005).

German Full Gospel Church (February 1959) by John H. Warkentin Source: John Warkentin Fonds, York University Vietnamese Mennonite Church (June 2017) Source: George Penner Vietnamese Mennonite Church (May 2024) Source: Greg Petzold Interior of Vietnamese Mennonite Church (June 2017) Source: George Penner Site Location (lat/long): N49.90314, W97.14067 denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Memorable Manitobans: Frederick A. Palmer (1865-?)

Memorable Manitobans: George Thomas Clark Halford (1857-1933)

Sources:

“Tenders,” Manitoba Free Press, 11 July 1901, page 2.

Ebenezer Evangelical Lutheran Church, Neighbourhoods of Winnipeg.

Ebenezer Evangelical Lutheran Church, 333 Alexander Avenue by Murray Peterson, Peterson Projects, January 2007.

We thank Jordan Makichuk and Greg Petzold for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by George Penner and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 25 September 2024

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