Historic Sites of Manitoba: Minto Presbyterian Church / Minto United Church (South Railway Street, Minto, Municipality of Grassland)

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This church building in Minto, in the Municipality of Grassland, was constructed in 1903 by contractor John Beaten for a Presbyterian congregation, at a cost of $4,014. Its location was at the corner of Church Street and Railway Avenue, on the north side of the Canadian National Railway track. In 1925, the Presbyterians and Methodists united to form the Minto United Church, and church services were consolidated in this building. Renovations in 1959 entailed the removal of crumbling brick veneer, repairs to the foundation, and removal of the steeple tower. In 1984, further foundation problems motivated the moving of the building to the present site, south of the railway track, onto a new concrete foundation.

Clerics (Minto Presbyterian)

Period

Cleric

1903

Rev. A. McKenzie

1904-1907

Rev. P. Fleming

1908

Rev. R. McKnight

1909-1913

Rev. L. A. McRae

1914

Rev. R. Murchie

1915-1917

Rev. R. M. Hanna

1918-1922

Rev. W. M. Chalmers

1922-1924

Rev. John Hart

Clerics (Minto United)

Period

Cleric

1925-1928

Rev. W. T. Hamilton

1929-1932

Rev. J. Hellyar

1932-1937

Rev. J. M. Wilson

1937-1945

Rev. J. B. Francis

1945-1946

Harvey Willis Ferrier (1873-1957)

1946-1947

Rev. T. V. Rutherford

1947-1951

Rev. E. Armistead

1951

Rev. G. Barber

1951-1955

Rev. H. Gibson

1955-1956

Rev. R. J. Parsons

1956-1957

Rev. W. E. Senior

1957-1959

Robert Harvey (1883-1975)

1959-1961

Rev. W. Brown

1961-1964

Rev. W. E. Grant

1964-1966

Rev. James Hume

1966-1968

Rev. Doug Cossar

1968-1972

Rev. Ken Bauman

1972-1976

Rev. H. J. Harland

1976-1979

Rev. Ed Bennett

1979-1982

Rev. Robert Johannson

1982-1983

Rev. Cathy Laing

1983-1985

Rev. Gordon Rajotte

1985-1988

Rev. Brenda Kersell

1988-1989

Rev. Steve Cassidy

1989-1997

Rev. Ralph Clark

1997-?

Rev. Harvey Hurren

Photos & Coordinates

Minto United Church with the Minto War Memorial in foreground

Minto United Church with the Minto War Memorial in foreground (August 2021)
Source: George Penner

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.40711, W100.02446
denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

Minto - People of Pride: 1881-1998 by Minto History Book Committee, 1998, pages 34, 37-38.

This page was prepared by George Penner and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 13 May 2023

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