Historic Sites of Manitoba: Point Douglas Presbyterian Church / Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Church (95 Macdonald Avenue, Winnipeg)

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Clerics | Photos & Coordinates | Sources

This brick and stone building in the Point Douglas area of Winnipeg was constructed in 1905 on a design by local architect James McDiarmid. Originally occupied by a Presbyterian congregation, it is now the home for a Roman Catholic church.

Clerics

Period

Cleric

?-1914

Rev. J. S. Muldrew

1914-1915

George “Geordie” Farquhar (1880-1975)

Photos & Coordinates

Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Church

Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Church (September 2015)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough

Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Church

Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Church (January 2018)
Source: George Penner

Interior of the Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Church

Interior of the Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Church (January 2018)
Source: George Penner

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.90329, W97.12934
denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

“Future of Point Douglas Church,” Manitoba Free Press, 21 December 1914, page 20.

Point Douglas United (Presbyterian) Church (Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Church), 95 Macdonald Avenue by Murray Peterson, Peterson Projects, February 2007.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough, Nathan Kramer, and George Penner.

Page revised: 13 August 2022

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