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

Designed by Winnipeg architect George G. Teeter, the First German Baptist Church building was constructed in 1907. It was later renamed McDermot Avenue Baptist Church.

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

First German Baptist Church

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

McDermot Avenue Baptist Church (July 2014)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough

Interior of the McDermot Avenue Baptist Church

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

Sources:

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: 17 March 2024

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