The Elmwood Presbyterian Mission was located on the north side of Carter Avenue (now Talbot Avenue), between Kent Street and Birds Hill Road (now Panet Road), within the Elmwood area of Winnipeg. It was designed by architect G. A. Young and built by day labourers in 1908. The wood frame building measured 24 feet of frontage to a depth of 36 feet. It saw continued use as a Presbyterian Mission, later serving as the Talbot Avenue United Church in the 1940s.
After Elmwood joined Winnipeg in 1906, the area was incorporated as Ward 7 in the Winnipeg School District. To meet the local educational needs, the district acquired use of the the church around June 1909 for school classroom space and operated the Carter Avenue School at this premises between 1909 and 1916. The school returned to a single teacher operation after the opening of nearby George V School in February 1916 and closed that summer.
The building was demolished in the early 1950s and private residences were built at the site.
No information.
Period
Principal
1914-1916
Annie Elizabeth Templeman (1876-1937)
Period
Teachers
1909
Annie Elizabeth Templeman (grades 1-5)
1910
Annie Elizabeth Templeman (grades 1-5)
1911
Annie Elizabeth Templeman (grades 1-6)
1912
(January-June): Annie Elizabeth Templeman (grades 1-6)
1912-1913
Annie Elizabeth Templeman (grades 1-6)
1913-1914
Annie Elizabeth Templeman (grades 1-6), Miss M. Sharpe (grades 1-6, January substitute)
1914-1915
Dorothy Clayton (grades 2-4), Annie Elizabeth Templeman (grades 1 & 5-6)
1915-1916
Dorothy Clayton (grades 2-4, August-February; grades 1-7, February-June), Annie Elizabeth Templeman (grades 1-2 & 5-6, August-February)
Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.90218, W97.07785
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: George V School (265 Grey Street, Winnipeg)
City of Winnipeg Building Permit 1032/1908, City of Winnipeg Archives.
School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Winnipeg School District No. 1 (Carter Avenue School) - Daily Registers, GR8575, Archives of Manitoba.
“Re-opening of schools,” Winnipeg Tribune, 29 August 1908, page 1.
“Presbyterian summer work,” Winnipeg Tribune, 5 March 1909, page 1.
“Education makes gigantic leap in thirty-eight years,” Winnipeg Tribune, 30 June 1909, page 2.
“Teachers named for all schools,” Winnipeg Tribune, 3 September 1910, page 3.
“Assignment of teachers for Winnipeg Schools which open on Sept. 15,” Winnipeg Tribune, 1 September 1911, page 9.
“City schools staff assembling in Sept.,” Winnipeg Tribune, 29 August 1912, page 8.
“Do you know your city,” Winnipeg Tribune, 28 November 1912, page 3.
“Opening of the Winnipeg public schools has been set for Monday next,” Winnipeg Tribune, 14 August 1913, pages 1 and 2.
“Here’s your teacher!” Winnipeg Tribune, 21 August 1914, page 6.
“School Board assigns teachers,” Winnipeg Tribune, 20 August 1915, page 9.
Henderson’s Winnipeg and Brandon Directories, Henderson Directories Limited, Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Libraries.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 11 February 2024
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