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Knox United Church

Knox United Church is a Manitoba Heritage Council commemoration in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Manitoba · 400 Edmonton Street, Winnipeg · location approximate

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Knox United, originally a Presbyterian church, is the largest United church in Manitoba. Constructed between 1914 and 1918, it was also the pinnacle of Protestant church architecture in the province. The building is the design of J.H.G. Russell (1862–1946), a prominent Winnipeg architect also responsible for two other important United Churches, Augustine (1903–04) and Westminster (1911–12). Knox was created with reference to the Late Gothic Revival style. With its powerful verticality, smooth surfaces and subdued ornament, it is a magnificent exponent of that style. Finished at the height of World War One, the church was one of the last great building projects undertaken in Manitoba during the Edwardian era.

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À l’origine une église presbytérienne, l’église unie Knox est la plus grande église unie au Manitoba. Érigée entre 1914 et 1918, elle représente également le sommet de l’architecture religieuse protestante dans la province. L’église est l’œuvre de J.H.G. Russell (1862–1946), un important architecte de Winnipeg, également concepteur de deux autres églises unies remarquables, Augustine (1903–1904) et Westminster (1911–1912). L’église Knox est d’influence néo-gothique tardive. Ses puissantes lignes verticales, ses surfaces lisses et son ornementation subtile en font un magnifique exemple de ce style. Achevée en pleine Première Guerre mondiale, cette église est l’un des derniers grands projets architecturaux entrepris au Manitoba pendant la période édouardienne.

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Plaque text and location: Manitoba Heritage Council Commemorative Plaques, Historic Resources Branch, Government of Manitoba, as the Branch publishes them on its plaque pages. The text is the Manitoba Heritage Council’s text as the Branch publishes it; the pin on this page is ours, worked out from the location the Branch gives and marked approximate. Contains information from the Government of Manitoba, licensed under the OpenMB Information and Data Use License (Manitoba.ca/OpenMB)
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