St. Marys Presbyterian Church - 147 Widder Street East

Description

Media Type

Image

Item Type

Photographs

Description

Photo of the First Presbyterian Church located at 147 Widder Street East. Since this photo has been taken, it has undergone some renovations including an addition to the Church to make more room for the very popular Sunday school.

The church was built in 1879-80 for the Presbyterians, using money from parishioners as well as labour from parishioners so that they might have a building worth worshiping in.
This was one of two Presbyterian church, as they had divided and by 1878 there were the First Presbyterians and the Knox Presbyterians.
Some famous Presbyterians were: Agnes Knox (elocutionist and professor at Boston University) and Arthur Meighen (Prime Minister, Conservative leader).

On November 20, 1988 just before 3pm the massive stone chimney crashed through the roof then through the auditorium finally landing on the floor of the basement/Sunday school hall causing the whole town to get involved in fixing the church.

Notes

Condition: Copy is very good.

Dimensions

Width: 10.3 cm
Height: 12.6 cm

Image Dimensions

Image Width: 9.1cm
Image Height: 11.8cm

Subject(s)

Churches
Presbyterian churches

Local identifier

2003ph

Collection

St. Marys Museum photo collection

Language of Item

English

Geographic Coverage

St. Marys

Ontario, Canada

Latitude: 43.2629874934727 Longitude: -81.1420610547066

Donor

2nd copy from Helen Wilson via Larry Pfaff

Copyright Statement

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Recommended Citation

"St. Marys Presbyterian Church - 147 Widder Street East." St. Marys Museum, 2003ph.

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