Foundations of Faith

Historic Religious Buildings of Ontario

Violet M. Holroyd

• Publisher: Natural Heritage
• Year: 1991
• Print ISBN:
  9780920474648
• eBook ISBN:
  9781459713789
• Topic: Architecture
• Subtopic: Religious Architecture

The Ontario landscape is dotted with places of worship, from the simple log cabin to lofty cathedrals. Behind each lie personal stories of exceptional individuals and historical events, all of which have helped shape our lives.

The lovers of Anne of Green Gables may be pleasantly surprised by Lucy Maud Montgomery's long association with the Leaksdale Manse just north of Toronto. From the James Bay lowlands comes an unusual example of ingenuity involving a historic Moose Factory landmark, while the poignant love story involving Florence Nightingale and a local minister is depicted in the attractive stained glass window of a church in Elora. A more recent page of history is captured through the side-by-side relationship of a synagogue and mosque. Throughout, Foundations of Faith will delight the armchair traveller and invite the mobile history buff to explore Ontario.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half title
• Title
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Foreword
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• St. Thomas Church, Anglican, Moose Factory
• St. Peter Celestine, Roman Catholic, Pakenham
• St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church, Wilno
• The Blue Church, Anglican, Prescott
• Christ Church, Anglican, Tyendinaga
• Half Moon Bay, Non-denominational, Gananoque
• The White Chapel, Early Loyalist Methodist, Picton
• Hay Bay Church, Methodist Episcopal, Bay of Quinte
• St. Peter’s Church, Anglican, Cobourg
• St. Marks Church & St. John the Evangelist, Anglican, Port Hope
• St. Luke’s Church, Anglican, Burlington
• St. Mark’s Church, Anglican, Niagara-on-the-Lake
• The Chapel of the Mohawks, Anglican, Brantford
• Uncle Tom’s Chapel, Non-denominational, Dresden
• Woodland United Church, Woodland Springs
• The Church of the Immaculate Conception, Roman Catholic, Manitoulin Island
• The Church of Mary, Non-denominational, St. Joseph’s Island
• The Madill Church, Wesleyan Methodist, Huntsville
• St. James-on-the-Lines, Anglican, Penetanguishene
• Christ Church, Anglican, Bobcaygeon
• St. Thomas Church, Anglican, Shanty Bay
• St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church, Leaskdale
• St. Paul’s Anglican, The Quaker Meeting House, & The Thomas Foster Memorial, Uxbridge
• St. John the Evangelist, Anglican, Elora
• The Church of Our Lady, Roman Catholic, Guelph
• St. John the Evangelist, Anglican, Rockwood
• Trinity Church, Anglican, Bond Head
• The Temple of Peace, Sharon
• The Fisherville Church, Early Presbyterian, Black Creek Pioneer Village, Toronto
• St. John The Baptist, Anglican, Oak Ridges
• The Martyrs’ Shrine, Roman Catholic, Midland
• The African Episcopal Church, Oro Station
• Christ Church, Anglican, Ilfracombe
• An Old Order Mennonite Meeting House, Waterloo
• Hiawatha United Church, Rice Lake
• Metropolitan United Church, Toronto
• St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Toronto
• The Kiever Synagogue, Toronto
• St. John’s United Church, Alliston
• Paris Plains & St. James, Wesleyan Methodist & Anglican, Paris
• Knesseth Israel Synagogue, Toronto
• Ja’Ffari Islamic Centre, Thornhill
• St. Andrews & The Ruins of St. Raphael, United & Roman Catholic, Williamstown
• Postscript
• Suggested Reading
• Bibliography
• About the Author