Historic Sites of Manitoba: First German Baptist Church / McDermot Avenue Baptist Church (821 McDermot Avenue, Winnipeg)

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This Baptist church at the northwest corner of the intersection between McDermot Avenue and Tecumseh Street in Winnipeg was designed by local architect George Gaspar Teeter and constructed in 1907. Its cornerstone was laid on 29 June 1907 at a ceremony attended by Mayor James Henry Ashdown. Known originally as the First German Baptist Church, it was later renamed McDermot Avenue Baptist Church.

In 1987, Heritage Winnipeg presented a Institutional Architectural Conservation Award to the church congregation.

Clerics

Period	Cleric
c1907	Rev. Frederick Hoffman
c1967-	Walter Stein (1910-1978)

Photos & Coordinates

First German Baptist Church (no date) Source: Archives of Manitoba, George Harris Fonds, Acc. 1979-141, P7451, Album 14, Page 19. McDermot Avenue Baptist Church (July 2014) Source: Gordon Goldsborough McDermot Avenue Baptist Church (September 2024) Source: George Penner Interior of the McDermot Avenue Baptist Church (May 2017) Source: George Penner Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.90481, W97.16411 denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Memorable Manitobans: George Gaspar Teeter (1874-1949)

Sources:

“New First German Baptist Church,” Manitoba Free Press, 18 May 1907, page 10.

“Laying corner stone,” Winnipeg Tribune, 27 June 1907, page 7.

Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada, 1800-1950 by Robert G. Hill, Toronto.

McDermot Avenue Baptist Church, 821 McDermot Avenue by Murray Peterson, Peterson Projects, February 2009.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and George Penner.

Page revised: 18 October 2025

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