St. Peter's Anglican Church

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Cobourg is known for having one of the earliest Church of England parishes in Upper Canada. In 1819 the property on which this church stands was sold by John Spencer to the local church wardens Walter Boswell and Robert Henry for the sum of ten pounds. The first church's frame was built in the early 1820s. In 1854, the present, larger structure was built around the first one, under guiding hand of Kivas Tully, who was the architect of Victoria Hall. In 1889 the Sunday School, chapel and cemetery were added. At one time there was a steeple but it was dismantled around 1874. The church underwent major renovations in the 1970s and again in the early 2000s

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ca.1970

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