Formerly located at the southwest corner of Queens Street West and Ninth Avenue South in Virden, a one-storey brick church, was designed by Winnipeg architects Lewis H. Jordan and Walter Percy Over and built in 1911 as the First Church of Christ, Scientist.
The building has been demolished and no vestiges of it remain today.
First Church of Christ, Scientist at Virden (no date)
Source: Virden Review 1957-1970, page 120.Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.84684, W100.93389
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: Walter Percy Over (1874-1944)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: First Church of Christ, Scientist (511 River Avenue, Winnipeg)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Church of Christ, Scientist (265 Inkster Boulevard, Winnipeg)
“Virden, Man.,” Contract Record and Engineering Review, 13 September 1911, page 59.
Virden Review 1957-1970 compiled by Jean L. Whiteford and Edith A. M. Moody, 1970, pages 119-120.
This page was prepared by Jordan Makichuk.
Page revised: 13 June 2025
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