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Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church
Goodfare
Statement of Significance
Description of Historic Place
The one-storey Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church is clad in clapboard and has a front-facing gable on the front facade and a half hip roof over the angular, tapered apse at the rear. It is located in the Steeprock District of the County of Grande Prairie, near the intersection of Township Road 671 and Range Road 124, roughly forty kilometers northeast of the City of Grande Prairie.
Heritage Value
The Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church is significant because of its association with the theme of community development in the District of Steeprock in the County of Grande Prairie.
In the 1920's, a group of Evangelical Lutheran settlers arrived in the Peace River Country from western Poland, choosing to settle west of the community of Goodfare in a district called Steeprock. Community volunteers built the Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church in 1933 and the church was dedicated in August of the following year. in light of its rural location, it would have served as the hub for the popular social functions, including music, dances and debates. The church was well-used by the community until the 1980's, when the congregation dissolved and worshipers began attending services in the nearby village of Hythe.
Source: County of Grande Prairie Heritage Inventory
Character-Defining Elements
The character defining elements as expressed in the form, massing and materials of the 1956 incarnation of the 1933 original one-storey Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church, include:
- The front-facing gable roof with half hip roof in the rear
- The clapboard siding and corner boards
- The angular, tapered apse at the rear of the church
- The exposed rafters
- The wide-eaves and verges
-The hand-painted sign above the front entrance which reads "IMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH"
- The two five-panel front doors
- The brick chimney with a long metal chimney pot
- The wooden cross atop the gable at the front of the church
-The pattern, style and construction of all wooden windows
Location
| Street Address: |
123037 Highway 671 |
| Community: |
Goodfare |
| Boundaries: |
Pt. NE 21-72-12-W6 |
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ATS Legal Description:
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6
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12
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72
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21
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Latitude/Longitude:
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55.257345 |
-119.781299 |
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NAD 83 |
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Recognition
| Recognition Authority: |
Local Governments (AB) |
| Designation Status: |
Municipal Historic Resource |
| Date of Designation: |
2010/05/10 |
Historical Information
| Built: |
1933/01/01 |
| Period of Significance: |
1933 to 2008 |
| Theme(s): |
Building Social and Community Life : Community Organizations
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| Historic Function(s): |
Religion, Ritual and Funeral : Religious Facility or Place of Worship
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Additional Information
| Object Number: |
4664-0050 |
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| Data Source: |
County of Grande Prairie No. 1
10001 84th Avenue
Clairmont, Alberta
T8X 5B2 |
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