Autre nom(s)
Wheatwyn Church
Wheatwyn Lutheran Church
Zion Lutheran Church
Liens et documents
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Date(s) de construction
1906/01/01 à 1907/12/31
Inscrit au répertoire canadien:
2007/03/15
Énoncé d'importance
Description du lieu patrimonial
Wheatwyn Church is a Municipal Heritage Property located approximately ten kilometres south and two kilometres west of Markinch in the Rural Municipality of Cupar No. 218. The property features a one-storey, fieldstone building which was constructed between 1906 and 1907.
Valeur patrimoniale
The heritage value of Wheatwyn Church resides in its status as one of the oldest remaining churches in the Rural Municipality of Cupar. In 1900, John and Elizabeth Lingner and their family came from Elmira, Ontario to homestead in the Wheatwyn (formerly Loon Creek) district of Saskatchewan. They were part of a group of German Lutherans who settled in this area, and one of the original members of the congregation of the Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, which later became known as Wheatwyn Church. Lingner donated land on the northwest corner of his homestead for a church, which was adjacent to where his two young sons were buried. This cemetery would become the Wheatwyn Church Cemetery. The cornerstone of the fieldstone church was laid in August 1906 and the church dedicated on November 3, 1907. Regular church services were held here until 1961, when the congregation amalgamated with St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Markinch.
Heritage value also resides in the building’s stone construction and Gothic Revival architecture. Constructed from local fieldstone, this rectangular building includes three symmetrically-placed pointed-arch windows on each side. The entrance on the east side is topped by a cupola and small cross.
Source:
Rural Municipality of Cupar No. 218 Bylaw No. 2/05.
Éléments caractéristiques
The heritage value of Wheatwyn Church lies in the following character-defining elements:
-those elements which speak to the church’s early-twentieth century stone construction and Gothic Revival influences, including the symmetrically-placed pointed-arch windows on each side, louvered cupola, crosses, and the stone exterior;
-those elements that reflect its status as one of the oldest churches in the community, including its position on its original location.
Reconnaissance
Juridiction
Saskatchewan
Autorité de reconnaissance
Administrations locales (Sask.)
Loi habilitante
Heritage Property Act, alinéa 11(1)(a)
Type de reconnaissance
Bien patrimonial municipal
Date de reconnaissance
2005/07/11
Données sur l'histoire
Date(s) importantes
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Thème - catégorie et type
- Établir une vie sociale et communautaire
- Les institutions religieuses
Catégorie de fonction / Type de fonction
Actuelle
- Religion, rituel et funéraille
- Site funéraire, cimetière ou enclos
Historique
- Religion, rituel et funéraille
- Centre religieux ou lieu de culte
Architecte / Concepteur
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Constructeur
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Informations supplémentaires
Emplacement de la documentation
Department of Culture, Youth and Recreation
Heritage Resources Branch
1919 Saskatchewan Drive Regina, SK
File: MHP 82
Réfère à une collection
Identificateur féd./prov./terr.
MHP 82
Statut
Édité
Inscriptions associées
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