Preserving The Past

Today l am sharing with the McDougall United Church. It opened on December 11, 1910. It replaced the original wooden mission that is seen in the archive photo.
Thankfully the original church has been preserved and today is located on 1885 Street in Fort Edmonton Park.
Melody's Great Grandparents were married in the little wooden church before the brick building was built.

[Ian JB]

Great to see a modern building to old design. Lovely image.

[eDorre]

What a neat collage. Love the family connection

[Diana]

Such wonderful comparison shots and info.

[Christina]

Great comparison

[Bill Davidson]

Wonderful comparison.

[Beryl Lloyd]

Great comparison !

[Valerie Chesney]

How wonderful the original building is preserved...
Melody's parents would have such happy memories!

[haskar]

Beautiful comparison. I love this little wooden church.

[Joan Robillard]

Good captue

[Wylie]

Big change!

[Agnes]

Good that the old church has been preserved

[Corinne C]

What a change! Great collage

[Bucktree]

Great comparison.

[Lin]

Nice presentation.

[Fisher Family]

A lovely then and now collage!

Ian

[LManning (Laura)]

Such an interesting contrast.

[Olwynne]

Great contrasting shots

[carol white]

A lovely old building, I'm sure it will still be there long after the glass monstrosities disappear

[Michelle]

Lovely 'then and now' collage!

[Christine Sztukowski]

Wonderful juxtaposition

[Issi Bannerman]

Super comparison.

[Kate]

The brick construction dwarfs the wooden church structure

[Kathy]

The church looked big in the vintage photo. It's a nice building.

[Heather]

A nice presentation, Brian, to show us "before" and "now." And how amazing that Melody's roots go back to this old church! Fav

[Carole Sandford]

What a great comparison!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

What a great piece of history and family history too!

[Rick]

Great capture.

[John]

Love these contrasting photos of old and new structures. Fascinating.