A Walker's Guide to Historical Trafalgar Road
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Radial Railway - 1906 (139 Thomas Street)
This is the only remaining station of the Hamilton Radial Railway that connected Hamilton with Oakville from 1906 to 1925. The image below is dated June 11, 1908.
Radial Bridge Side view of bridge Trafalgar Township |
St John’s United Church- 1877 (135 Dunn Street)
The original building on this site was a 36’ x 40’ frame church which was put up by the Methodist congregation in 1851 with assistance from the Anglicans, Presbyterians and Roman Catholics. It was not the first Methodist church in town. The original church was built at the corner of Thomas Street and Lakeshore Road where the Bank of Montreal now stands. Unfortunately, the Methodists couldn’t afford it and it was sold to the Anglican Bishop of Toronto.
By 1875 the frame church on the site was too small. By 1877 $2,000 had been raised and the old church was sold for $400 to John A Williams and moved. |
It continued as the church while the new one was under construction. The plans were drawn up by Smith and Gemmall of Toronto and much of the materials used in construction were donated. Isaac Warcup gave 78 cords of hooked stone for the foundations. Brick was supplied by Edwin Brown for $8.20 per thousand. The cornerstone was laid in 1877 with 2000 in attendance and in January 1878 the church was ready for dedication. The building, pipe organ, sheds and fence cost $14,000, $6,000 of which had been raised. The remaining $8,000 was raised by subscription in the 2 hours before the dedication which took all day.
In 1923 a parish hall was built on the south side of the church and named after Dr. Charles Lusk.
In 1925 the Methodist Church, the Congregationalist Church and much of the Presbyterian Church amalgamated to become the United Church of Canada.
In 1923 a parish hall was built on the south side of the church and named after Dr. Charles Lusk.
In 1925 the Methodist Church, the Congregationalist Church and much of the Presbyterian Church amalgamated to become the United Church of Canada.
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