Methodist Parsonage at Palermo, 3017 Bronte Road
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- A more recent photograph of the listed house is in the village "Timeline" by the Trafalgar Township Historical Society, linked in this record.
According to the Town of Oakville Heritage Planning Division report "Palermo Village, Oakville: A Heritage Resources Review and Strategy" of November 2008, this "Gothic Revival" style parsonage was built in 1880.
Settlers moved into the area in 1806. In 1808, William Case of the Ancaster Circuit of the Methodist Episcopal Church, began preaching in Palermo homes and in 1812, the first Methodist meetings started at Lawrence Hagar's home in Palermo.
Land was purchased in 1818 for a cemetery with space for a meeting house and schoolhouse should they be required. The Palermo Chapel was built in 1824. The town was named Palermo and the post office was established in 1835.
Divisions within the church during the 1830's resulted in an 1836 court case over property. The result was that the existing property was owned by the Wesleyan Methodists. This lead to the Episcopalian Methodists erecting their own chapel on the other side of the Palermo Cemetery. Reverend John Reynolds was elected and consecrated to the Office of Bishop on June 27, 1835 in the chapel,
They later built the present sanctuary of Palermo United Church on the north-east corner of the Bronte-Dundas intersection (land records show 54x110 feet was given to the church in 1871 by Lucinda & Ezra Winchell and 1/2 acre given by William Laidlaw and his wife in 1875). - Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- TTJCB000504
- Collection
- Trafalgar Township Historical Society
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.4336593115085 Longitude: -79.7722869946289
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- Methodist Parsonage at Palermo, 3017 Bronte Road
- Contact
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Trafalgar Township Historical Society Sponsor: Jeff Knoll, Local & Regional Councillor for Oakville Ward 5 – Town of Oakville/Regional Municipality of Halton
