St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church

On November 13, 2020 the Heritage Calgary board approved the following site to be updated to the Inventory of Evaluated Historic Resources.

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St Patrick’s Roman Catholic Church (1904)
14608 Macleod Trail SE, Midnapore

Re-evaluated as a City Wide Historic Resources

As a rare early institutional building in the town centre of the former hamlet of Midnapore, originally known as Fish Creek, the 1904 church is symbolic of the early settlement of Midnapore. (Symbolic Value, Community Significance)

The church and cemetery also possess institution value as the oldest surviving Catholic church in Calgary. St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church has served as a place of faith since 1904 with burial grounds since the 1920s. (Institution Value, City Wide Significance)

St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, a rare remaining pioneer church in Calgary, is valued as an example of the Carpenter Gothic variation of the Gothic Revival Style. (Style Value, City Wide Significance)

The pair of historic churches, St. Paul’s Anglican and St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic, have been a highly visible landmark from the historic Macleod Trail since 1904. (Landmark Value, City Wide Significance)

In 1955, as part of Alberta’s Jubilee celebrations, St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church was one of three pioneer churches that were selected for closing ceremonies. (Event Value, City Wide Significance)

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