This two-storey brick and stone building at the southeast corner of Stella Avenue and Powers Street in Winnipeg, measuring 43 feet by 48 feet, was designed by local architect John Hamilton Gordon Russell. It was built in 1909 by local contractor George Thomas Clark Halford, with structural stell provided by the Manitoba Bridge and Iron Works, at a cost of about $11,000. It was intended as a home for the All Peoples’ Mission.
On the northwest corner of the building is a plaque erected in 1974 by the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada. It honours James Shaver Woodsworth, Methodist minister, politician and champion of the poor and social reform.
All Peoples’ Mission on Stella Avenue (1914)
Source: Winnipeg Tribune, 12 December 1914, page 1.
The former All Peoples’ Mission on Stella Avenue (November 2010)
Source: City of Winnipeg
The former All Peoples’ Mission on Stella Avenue (May 2018)
Source: George Penner
The former All Peoples’ Mission on Stella Avenue (June 2021)
Source: Jordan Makichuk
Woodsworth commemorative plaque (May 2018)
Source: George PennerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.91352, W97.14520
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: John Hamilton Gordon Russell (1863-1946)
Memorable Manitobans: George Thomas Clark Halford (1857-1933)
Manitoba Business: Manitoba Bridge and Iron Works
Historic Sites of Manitoba: All Peoples’ Mission / Manitoba Indigenous Cultural Education Centre (119 Sutherland Avenue, Winnipeg)
Memorable Manitobans: James Shaver “J. S.” Woodsworth (1874-1942)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Plaques for Persons, Events and Sites of National Historic Significance
City of Winnipeg Building Permit 1015/1909, City of Winnipeg Archives.
“Winnipeg, Man.,” Contract Record and Engineering Review, 19 May 1909, page 21.
“Winnipeg, Man.,” Contract Record and Engineering Review, 2 June 1909, page 25.
“Winnipeg, Man.,” Contract Record and Engineering Review, 16 June 1909, page 21.
“All Peoples’ Mission Institute, Stella Avenue,” Winnipeg Tribune, 12 December 1914, page 1.
Information for this page was provided by The City of Winnipeg’s Planning, Property and Development Department, which acknowledges the contribution of the Government of Manitoba through its Heritage Grants Program.
We thank George Penner for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Jordan Makichuk.
Page revised: 11 October 2025
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