From the Evening Record, January 13, 1913.
The above is a perspective of the new Anglican church to be built at Oldcastel (sic) by Leybourne & Whitney, architects and engineers. It will be 80 feet long by 36 feet in width. The finish of the interior will be in oak and pine, with maple floors. The seats, altar lecterns, etc., will be especially designed for this church. The basement, which extends under the entire building, will have nine feet of headroom and will be so constructed to be perfectly waterproof during the season of high water. The exterior will be of brick with buff Bedford stone trimmings. The the building commitee, of which Mr. G.W. Jessop is the chairman, belongs the credit for rasing the funds for the erection of this modern church building.
Located on Howard Avenue south of Highway 3, it appears that the building still stands…
yup, just south of south talbot and outer drive. always wondered how long she’s been up. i can’t particulary recall if that’s what the bell tower looks like though.
I didn’t realize that this area was considered to be ‘Oldcastle’. I always thought that the ‘town’ centre was more or less located at Walker and Highway 3 (where the post office was once located).
I have been in this church before, the inside of the church has old English style beams and doors. There is a small addition in the back that I guess would have been added in that past 15 years. The addition was added to accommodate a handicap washroom and elevator. Many old churches had to be retrofitted with barrier free modifications (washrooms, ramps, elevator, etc.)
There is also a parish cemetary in back of the church which people are still be buried in today.
It’s St Stephen’s Church and the built building is considerably different than the illustration.Most notably the bell tower is at the rear of the church.