Chalmers United Church In 1889 Architects Gilen and Gilen, successors to Robert Gage, designed this church with its distinctive round tower for a congregation which had occupied a smaller building at Sydenham and Earl Streets. Chalmers United Church stands on a triangular piece of property at Clergy, Barrie, and Earl Streets. The church is a…
La Paroisse St. Francois d’Assise The 0.13-hectare irregularly shaped property is located on the west side of the street, just north of Princess Street, and comprises a church complex known as La Paroisse St. Francios d’Assise. It is a unique example of a church in the Modern architectural style with influences from medieval religious buildings….
St. Barnaby’s Church St. Barnaby’s Church and Cemetery is located on an approximately 3-hectare parcel on the east side of the road in the hamlet of Brewers Mills. It contains a single-storey rectangular-plan sandstone church, built in 1873, and a single-storey sandstone vault with a cruciform facade, all surrounded by a cemetery. The church building…
Church of Good Thief Rectory This is the rectory of the city’s second oldest Catholic church in which services began in 1894. The church and the rectory have been designated under the Ontario Heritage Act since 1978. The former Parish Hall, a former stable have been demolished. In 2019 a conversion from a single residence…
St. Mark’s Church This church, a fine example of the early style of Gothic Revival architecture, was built with the aid of funds subscribed by the British Admiralty and by settlers at Barriefield, many of whom had been employees of the Royal Naval dockyard at Navy Bay. John Bennett Marks, a naval paymaster, donated the…
The Spire In the 1840’s the Methodists hired noted architect and builder William Coverdale to raise this imposing building that looks only slightly like the current Sydenham Street United Church/The Spire. The building was awarded by the Frontenac Heritage Foundation in 1996 when it was the Sydenham Street United Church and in 2018 as the…