This former Lutheran church on McKenzie Street in Winnipeg was designed and built in 1913 by contractor Martin Hehn. The steeple and cupola where ripped off the building in a devastating windstorm on 17 June 1919. A parish hall was built at its south end in 1950. The building was renovated in 1986 to be converted into residential space.
Emmanuel Lutheran Church (17 June 1919) by Lewis B. Foote
Source: Winnipeg Free Press, 21 September 2012
The former Emmanuel Lutheran Church (February 2018)
Source: George PennerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.92391, W97.14691
denoted by symbol on the map above
Emmanuel Lutheran Church, 360 McKenzie Street by Murray Peterson, Peterson Projects, December 2009.
“L. B. Foote - from the Free Press archives,” Winnipeg Free Press, 21 September 2012.
We thank Jordan Makichuk for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by George Penner and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 4 September 2022
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