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A Colourful Legacy2
Detail from a stained glass window originally from the Knox Presbyterian Church.30 March 2006
Regina, Saskatchewan
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The legacy of the tornado of 1912 has taken many forms. While many photos and written documents and accounts remain, there are few objects left to tell the story of the tornado. In creating our account of that terrible event, we looked to our museum collection for inspiration. The answer came to us in the form of a large round stained glass window, thought to be recovered after the tornado from the Knox Presbyterian church. This window became an insight into the unique role the tornado has played in Regina's history.While some evidence of the storm is still visible, like signs of repair on buildings and changes in the city's built environment, other objects hide their stories.
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A stained glass window originally from the Knox Presbyterian Church.1995
Regina, Saskatchewan
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A colourful part of the tornado's legacy are the stained glass windows of the Knox Presbyterian church. Several of these windows now reside in the Regina Plains Museum collection.6
Original location of the Knox Presbyterian church.1910
11th Avenue and Scarth Street, Regina, Saskatchewan
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At its former location on the corner of Lorne Street and 12th Avenue the Knox Presbyterian church received extensive damage from the tornado, and all of its stained glass windows were shattered.8
Original location of the Knox Presbyterian Church, now the home of SaskTel offices.2005
12th Avenue and Lorne Street, Regina Saskatchewan
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The entrance to Victoria Park, more than 90 years after the tornado.2005
Victoria Park, Regina Saskatchewan
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The Knox Metropolitan church almost 90 years after the tornado.2005
Lorne Street, Regina, Saskatchewan
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The coal bin under the Knox Metropolitan Church.1995
Lorne Street, Regina, Saskatchewan
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Some of the glass was recovered from the wreckage and preserved. In 1951 the congregations of the Knox and Metropolitan churches were joined, and the Knox Presbyterian church was demolished. The glass was transferred to a coal bin in beneath the Knox Metropolitan church, where it lay hidden for 40 years.13
Removing the stained glass windows from the coal bin of the Knox Metropolitan Church.1995
Lorne Street, Regina, Saskatchewan
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In 1995, the glass was removed from the coal bin and transferred to the Regina Plains Museum. |
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