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This 2½-story brick and stucco church on Bannerman Avenue in Winnipeg, measuring 40 feet by 69 feet, was designed by local architect Edgar Prain. It was built in 1923 by the construction firm of Pain and Roe at an initial cost of about $16,000 (later rising to about $22,000) for the congregation of Tabernacle Baptist Church which had moved from an earlier church on Burrows Avenue.
A cornerstone for the building was laid by D. W. Hudson on 22 September 1923 and it was dedicated officially on 16 December 1923 at a ceremony attended by Reverend Franklin W. Sweet. The church had a seating capacity for about 400 people.
Period
Cleric
1923-1939
?
1939-?
Rev. J. Bailey
?-1960s
?
1960s-1980s
Robert James “Bob” Harris (1934-2019)
Tabernacle Baptist Church under construction (1923)
Source: Manitoba Free Press, 3 November 1923, page 37.
Tabernacle Baptist Church (1929)
Source: Winnipeg Tribune, 7 December 1929, page 25.
Tabernacle Baptist Church (May 2017)
Source: George Penner
Tabernacle Baptist Church (July 2021)
Source: Jordan Makichuk
Tabernacle Baptist Church (August 2025)
Source: Jordan Makichuk
Interior of Tabernacle Baptist Church (January 2018)
Source: George PennerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.92455, W97.12385
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: Edgar Prain (1881-1958)
Manitoba Business: Pain and Roe
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Tabernacle Baptist Church / House of Ashkenaze Synagogue (297 Burrows Avenue, Winnipeg)
“Tabernacle Baptist plan new church,” Winnipeg Tribune, 21 January 1922, page 16.
City of Winnipeg Building Permit 1758/1923, City of Winnipeg Archives.
“Fine new church nearing completion,” Manitoba Free Press, 3 November 1923, page 37.
“New Tabernacle Baptist building to be opened,” Manitoba Free Press, 8 December 1923, page 46.
“Baptists open new building,” Winnipeg Tribune, 15 December 1923, page 19.
“Tabernacle Baptist church is dedicated,” Manitoba Free Press, 17 December 1923, page 7.
“Baptist church will celebrate 26th birthday,” Winnipeg Tribune, 7 December 1929, page 25.
“Church anniversary marked,” Winnipeg Tribune, 6 December 1930, page 22.
Obituary [Viola Annetta Roe], Winnipeg Free Press, 30 October 1984, page 49.
Tabernacle Baptist Church, 155 Bannerman Avenue by Murray Peterson, Peterson Projects, February 2009.
We thank Nathan Kramer for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by George Penner, Jordan Makichuk, and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 3 October 2025
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