St. Patrick's Mission, Markham est. 1855
Description
- Media Type
- Image
- Place
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- The second wave of Irish immigration followed the Great Famine of 1847.
The original site of St. Patrick's Church in Markham was on Rouge Street, in an area dubbed "Vinegar Hill" or "Little Dublin." The wood-frame church (left) was built in 1870.
Only the cemetery remains on Rouge Street. A newer church was built in 1969 (right), relocated to Highway #7. - Date of Publication
- 1855
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- PH0141/01P
- Collection
- ARCAT
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.86682 Longitude: -79.2663
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