St. James Church 1826

Photo by Alan L Brown - Posted June, 2004

Photo by Alan L Brown - Posted July, 2007

Plaque Location

The United Counties of Leeds & Grenville
The Township of Augusta
In Maitland, on the west side of Church Street, street number 20
a block and a half north of King Street (Road 2)

Coordinates: N 44 38.306 W 75 36.849

Plaque Text

Among Augusta Township's earliest settlers were a number of Anglican Loyalists who, by 1785, were holding services in private houses. The first resident missionary, the Reverend John Bethune, was appointed to this area in 1814. Reverend Robert Blakey served the parish from 1821 until his death in 1858, and during his incumbency construction of St. James Church was begun in 1826. A pleasing example of early Gothic Revival architecture, this structure was built by John Shephard, a local mason, on land donated by a parishioner, George Longely. It was consecrated in 1830 by the Rt. Rev. Charles James Stewart, Bishop of Quebec, and it remains largely unaltered from its original design.

Other Plaques in Maitland
The Founding of Maitland
Lieutenant-Colonel Thain Wendell MacDowell, V.C., D.S.O., 1890-1960
Pointe au Baril

More
Churches

Here are the visitors' comments for this page.

(none yet)

Here's where you can write a comment for this page.

Note: If you wish to ask me a question, please use the email link in the menu.

Note: Comments are moderated. Yours will appear on this page within 24 hours
(usually much sooner).

Note: As soon as the comment is posted, a link to it will appear on the home page in the section "Here are the 10 latest plaque pages with a new comment added by a visitor to this site."