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Reston - Churches & Public Buildings

Post Office
Fourth Street
1963

History


Features



Pipestone Municipal Building
Fourth Street
1917

History


Features
- Wide eaves – low pitched roof
- nice entrance & windows (stone sills etc.)
- Provincial Designation #P106



3. County Clerk Building
1910

History

Original Owner Name:

Dr. Chapman

- rented it to Prov. Gov’t
- later used for Drug Store storage
- once used to raise chinchillas

Original Building Function:

County Clerk Office – 1910-1960


Features

Large metal vault – for record keeping (births, deaths)
First Town Clerk Issac Mossop
Files moved to Virden , then Winnipeg
Good History  - Reston Recorder Oct 9 & 16, 2004


St. John's Anglican Church
Fourth Street
1906


History

 


Features

Reston United Church

1902


History

1929 Addition /  Later renovations

Presbyterian Church

John and his son Robert Bulloch helped dig the basement

Features
on grounds of St. George’s Anglican Church, Glenora


6. St. John's Anglican Hall
244 Fourth  Street
ca. 1890


History

Former Cromer Anglican Church


Features

Masonic Hall
Fourth  Street
1928


History

John Ludy in charge of building, Arthur Busby & Mr. McIvor did the plastering

Features



Former Legion Hall
Now on the Golf Course
ca. 1940


History

Moved from Souris Airfield in 1947, where it was a Guardhouse. Split in two - half in Reston and half in Pipestone.

- moved and adapted in 1947-48

Features




Reston Memorial Theatre
Fourth Street
1948


History

Built in  1948 by Syndicate Construction Co from Virden



Features




Fair Grounds
GPS Reading: 14U  0347759 5491275
1912


History

Pipestone/ Albert Agricultural Society (1940)
Reston Mb.
 
Construction Date: Land Purchased in 1907
First Fair – Aug. 4, 1908 – Race track built

Features of Interest:

Grandstand seating
Livestock shelters, barns.
Wooden Booth with Shingled Roof
- site of Prisoner of War Camp – WW2



Features




Canupawakpa Trail



History

Developed by the West Souris Conservation District on farmland owned by the Berry & Wilson Families


Features




Reston Memorial Park
1921


History

Supervised by Alf Archer who provided shrubs and perennials from his own garden
J.I. Bulloch broke the land and seeded it.
John McMurchy - fencing



Features

Community project involved considerable fill and drainage in 1921
First trees planted 1922 – donated
- dedication on Plaque – Alfred Archer
- On Grounds: Museum, McDonald House, Tennis Courts, Playground, and Verteans’ Memorial



War Memorial
Memorial Park
1922


History

1956 Bronze plaques added
Flagastaff donated by the Women’s Auxilliary to the Canadian Legion Elizabeth Branch
1967 – Memorial Gate


Flagstaff by Vulcan iron Works Supply – from second hand piping


Features




Reston Cemetery
 
1897


History

Trees from Riding Mtn – 1932-33
Upkeep by Reston Women’s Institute - proceeds of the book “Pioneers of the Pipestone” by Ellen Guthrie Bulloch went to improvements



Features