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Originally Posted by Laceoflight
...That and, of course, the fact that Roman Catholics were not particularly reputed for being modest decorators either...
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I understand... I was talking about Catholic churches!
Here is Winnipeg's English-language Roman Catholic cathedral, St. Mary's, located downtown right by MTS Centre. It's one of Winnipeg's three Catholic cathedrals (with one being the seat of the French-language Archdiocese of St. Boniface, and the other being Ukrainian Catholic). Wikipedia says it was built in 1880 and significantly updated in 1896, although I'm not sure what that update entailed.
Anyway, the interior is fairly plain jane as far as Catholic cathedrals go. Of course, it was built at a time when Winnipeg was barely removed from frontier town status. There would have been about 7 to 8 thousand people living here when the cathedral was built.
source:flickr
Here's the exterior:
source: Andy6 (SSP), aka wintorbos on flickr
As nice as it is to have such an old church by Winnipeg standards remain as well-maintained as it is today, I have to admit I wish it would have been replaced by something grandiose from the boom period that peaked around 1912. I'm sure Winnipeg could have ended up with something Montreal-like in scale!
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However, I was surprised by the number of churches that were built from 1900 to 1940 in Quebec City. Same thing in Winnipeg or Toronto?
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I'd wager that the majority of Winnipeg's mainstream Christian houses of worship (e.g. not including JWs, Mormons, various evangelical branches) would date back to the 1900-1940 period, but that's partly because Winnipeg's biggest boom was during that period. Not all that many buildings from before the turn of the 20th century are still around.