At the top of a hill in Holland Landing, the westernmost community in EG, stands this lovely country church built in 1843. It’s surrounded on three sides by a cemetery, headstones attesting to both the short and long lifespan of its early parishioners.Technically, the church is on Old Yonge Street, once Yonge Street said (but disputed) to be longest street in the world, stretching from Lake Ontario to the Minnesota border.
This view is of rear of the church. The windows fascinate me. Building the church must have been a labor of love -- such attention to detail way back when this community was truly in the boonies on a muddy road over swampy land between Toronto and Lake Simcoe.
It is a nice-looking building and similar to those we see here in the country surrounded by graveyards.
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It's a very pretty little church. Maybe you can get a close up of one of the windows.
ReplyDeleteYou can often accomplish more when you have less - that is one lesson I have learned during the last couple of decades in my home country.
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Very nice church. I like old churches and have a blog called Holy Houses where I post pictures of churches. Would you mind if I used this church for my blog. I will credit you.
ReplyDeleteOut here in the cuntryside most older churches are wooden--painted white-- to reflect their Scandinavian heritage. And none as old as the one you have pictured. MB
MB,
ReplyDeleteI'm honoured that you want to use my church photo! So the answer is yes.
If you like photos of churches, stay tuned. I have more. ;-)
Love the shadows across the snow. And your red, red robin brought back many childhood memories of the song ....
ReplyDeleteWe have an Anglican church here that I should post a picture of, it looks like it was transplanted from England.
ReplyDeleteI see we share a love much of the same subjects. Nice work you have here, Like me you too are on the lookout for the first signs of spring.
ReplyDeleteThanks for visiting Country Captures and taking your time to comment.
Hi, I stumbled on your blog and I am happy I did, as I love the pictures and the accompanying stories. Will drop by again :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks! My churches blog is
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MB
Lovely. All of them.
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What a beautiful church! Not gaudy or ornate, just a lovely edifice!. I've looked at all your pix (your last 4 posts). Thanks for sharing! And thanks for visiting my Skywatch Friday post! Come again!
ReplyDeleteNice photos in your series. That is a beautiful church!
ReplyDeleteMy great-great-great-great-grandparents probably worshipped in this church. They were in East Gwillimbury in 1861 and belonged to the Church of England. Thanks for posting these!
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