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Apr 23, 2024
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Streetsville St. Andrews Presbyterian

Streetsville St Andrews Front Door

St Andrews plaque

St Anrews Scotch Burying Grounds

Archer Family Plot St John's Dixie

Avenue Road Church Hare Krishna (Built in 1891 to house a Presbyterian congregation. They joined with a Meothodist congregation to form a United Church of Canada congregation in 1925. The building was taken over by Evangelist Charles Templeton in the late 1940's . It's expansion bankrupted Templeton and the building was sold to the Hare Krishna sect in the 1960's but a demolition permit was denied so they continue to use the building for their temple.)

Bloomsburg Baptist Church (Located between Simcoe and Waterford on Old Highway 24 in Norfolk County Ontario.
Picture April 2005.)

Boston Presbyterian Church (The Boston Presbyterian Church was built to serve the Scottish population of Esquesing Township locally known as the Scotch Block. That name is still given to a local reservoir of the 16 Mile Creek. "Boston" refers to Scottish clergyman Thomas Boston. This congregation was established in 1820 and the cornerstone of this church in 1868. The first service was held in 1879.)

Burnhamthorpe Methodist - United (Still in use by the St Andrew The Apostle Romanian Orthodox congregation.)

Church of the Epiphany-Woodstock Ontario (July 2013 driving past.
Anglican church with impressive steeple.
Could not find info on when established.)

Church of the Messiah Toronto (Anglican church near where my grandmother lived in Toronto.)

Dixie Presbyterian Church (A congregation since 1878 the cornerstone for this building was laid in 1910.
My Mother, Father and paternal grandparents are buried in the adjacent cemetery.)

Dixie Presbyterian from Cemetery (See other shots taken March 15 2013)

Dixie Union Cemetery - gate plaque

Dixie Union Cemetery Gate

Dixie Union Chapel 2014

Dixie Union Chapel - Front (One of the first churches in Toronto Township located on Dundas Street.)

Dixie Union Chapel back

Dixie Union Chapel historic plaque

Dunblane Plaque (May 1985
A plaque outside the Dunblane Pres Church describing the building of it.)

Dunblane Presbyterian Church (May 1985
This small white church was seen almost standing alone in the Saugeen River valley between Paisley and Southampton, From internet research it is still standing and every August a serrvice is held in it. It is the last building of the hamlet of Dunblane. There was a grist mill and school at one time. There is no electricty hooked into the building. The Lamonte barn is seen in the background. The congregation moved to the larger Pres church in Burgoyne .)

Dundas Street United Church, Woodstock (The roots of this church go back to the West End Mission of the Methodist Church in 1884. By 1890 the church had built this edifice at the corner of Dundas and Oxford Streets. The congregation joined the United Church in 1925.)

Eglise in Burlington (Eglise Sainte- Philippe . Building erected 1875 as a Baptist church and was purchased by R-C church in 1968 to serve a Francophone congregation in the Burlington area.

Picture - May 16 2007)

Erindale Presbyterian Church plaque. (The plaque by the front door of Erindale Presbyterian Church showing a brief history of the building.)

Erindale Presbyterian Church sign

First United Church (Port Credit)

first united door

first united east

first united west

Frome United Church (Picture taken November 13 2009.
Talbot Line near Shedden Ontario. Originally a Methodist building. Sold in 2013 and renovated by antique collectors as a private residence. Cemetery dates to 1830's.)

Georgetown Baptist Chapel (1869 over the door.
Privately owned . This chapel served until the early 1970's when the congregation merged.)

Hickson United Church (Built as a Methodist church in 1902 it closed in 2019 and the building was sold. The remaining congregation joined a United church in Tavistock.)

Hornby United Church (ex Methodist. This was the church that replaced the Methodist Church at Bloomfield Cemetery on Halton Sixth Line. This building was sold to the town after the congregation merged as Hillcrest United Church in 1968.
** Interesting note in the Hillcrest Church history that Ashgrove United merged with Hornby. The pews from Ashgrove's building were sold to Erindale Presbyterian.**)

Knox Presbyterian - Georgetown (Front of church facing Main Street.)

Knox Presbyterian - Georgetown

Limehouse Pres Church 08-26-23

Morriston United Church. (The Church of the United Brethren in Christ and The Evangelical Church joined and formed The Evangelical United Brethren Church (EUB). This church joined the United Church of Canada in 1968. The Aberfoyle United Church was deconsecrated and joined Morriston in 1988)

Mountsberg Baptist 1

Mountsberg Baptist 2

Mountsberg Baptist 3

Palermo United Church (On Dundas Street in Oakville.
Was Methodist
Congregation established in 1812
Building opened 1867.)

Port Ryerse Anglican Cemetery (This cemetery was originally used by the UELs as early as 1798 and closed for burials in 1917.)

Port Ryerse Memorial Anglican (Port Ryerse on Lake Erie is a settlement of United Empire Loyalists. The church dates to 1798 but the original building was burned in 1814 by Amerucan raiders. This building dates to 1870 and was built as a Memorial to the early settlers.)

Sacre-Coeur Eglise Georgetown. (French language church in Georgetown.)

St Andrews Streetsville

St Catherine of Sienna RC Church. (Built 1960 to 62 for a parish started in 1956 to serve the growing population of the Cooksville area. Many Italian families moved to Cooksville post WWII and a Mass in Italian is still given each week. Hurontario Street just north of Queensway.
Picture September 2017.)

St John's Dixie Anglican (This church building dates to 1925 and replaces a brick church that stood from circa 1870 until destroyed by fire in 1924. The congragation outgrew the Union Chapel and was established in its own building. St Johns Dixie runs the cemetery and cremations. St Johns Dixie Cemetery is open to all denominations.)

St John's Stewarttown (A small country church on the outskirts of Georgetown Ontario. The congregation dates to the 1830's while the building itself dates from the 1890's.)

St Mary Star of the Sea (Roman Catholic Church in Port Credit.)

St Pauls Bloor Street Queens Own Rifles memorial (Memorial to the Honoured Dead of the Queens Own Rifles of Canada outside St Pauls Bloor Street Chuch)

St Pauls Bloor Street Angilcan Church (Large Anglican church on Bloor Street near Sherburne Street in downtown Toronto. Home church of the Queens Own Rifles .)

St Pauls Presbyterian Church (Ingersoll ON.
This church was founded in 1890 as an amalgamation of 5 other Ingersoll area congregations.)

St Peters Church Erindale - O'Neil Window (Stained glass window donated by Hugh and Brian O'Neil in memory of their parents . Photo taken November 2017.)

St Stephens Hornby

St. Andrew's Presbyterian Toronto (Stained Glass Window over the front door.
King and Simcoe Streets.)

St. Andrew's Toronto Plaque (Historic plaque giving history of St.Andrew's Presbyterian)

St. James Cathedral Toronto

St. John's United Georgetown (United Church in Georgetown ON)

St. Peter's Church Erindale (Anglican - one of the oldest churches in Ontario.)

St. Peters Rev McGrath

ST. PETERS sign

St.John's Stewartton 2 (Showing early fall colour change in the back ground.)

Streetsville Unired

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