Historic Sites of Manitoba: Home Street Presbyterian Church / Home Street United Church / Home Street Mennonite Church (318 Home Street, Winnipeg)

Built in 1920 on a design by local architect John Hamilton Gordon Russell, this massive two-storey brick building was first used as a Presbyterian congregation. Following the 1925 unification of the Presbyterian, Methodist, and Congregational faiths in Canada, it became Home Street United Church. In 1974, it was sold and became Home Street Mennonite Church.

Among the clerics of Home Street Presbyterian Church was Hugh John Robertson (1907-1918).

Home Street United Church (no date) Source: Archives of Manitoba, George Harris Fonds, Acc. 1979-141, P7451, Album 14, Page 19. Home Street Mennonite Church (May 2015) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Home Street Mennonite Church (September 2024) Source: George Penner Interior of Home Street Mennonite Church (July 2017) Source: George Penner Interior of Home Street Mennonite Church (July 2017) Source: George Penner Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.88646, W97.16829 denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Memorable Manitobans: John Hamilton Gordon Russell (1863-1946)

Sources:

“Three Presbyterian pastors say farewell,” Manitoba Free Press, 30 March 1918, page 18.

“Minister dies, served church for 49 years,” Winnipeg Free Press, 6 August 1952.

Home Street United (Presbyterian) Church (Home Street Mennonite Church), 318 Home Street by Murray Peterson, Peterson Projects, February 2009.

We thank Grant Klassen for providing information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and George Penner.

Page revised: 26 September 2024

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