Calgary Moravian Church

On April 1, 2021 the Heritage Calgary board approved the following site to be updated to the Inventory of Evaluated Historic Resources.

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Calgary Moravian Church – 60 7 Street NE (Bridgeland-Riverside), Year Built: (1913)

Re-evaluated as a City Wide Historic Resource

The Calgary Moravian Church is significant as Alberta’s first urban Moravian congregation and the later Jehovah Lutheran congregation who owned the church after 1945, representing the endurance of Calgary’s ethnic German community for over a century (Institutional Value - City Wide Significance).

The Calgary Moravian Church is significant as a picturesque and vibrant example of the ecclesiological Gothic Revival Style (Style Value - City Wide Significance).

The striking ‘rote kirche’ (red church), known for its colourful red brick, 1956 electronic carillon bells and 1958 neon memorial cross, sits as a landmark overlooking the river and is clearly visible from the busy 1 Street traffic corridor (Landmark Value - Community Significance).

The Calgary Moravian Church is highly valued as a symbol of the city’s ethnic German community in the Riverside area (Symbolic Value - City Wide Significance).

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