York Mills Baptist Church, York Mills Road, north side, east of Old Yonge Street, Toronto, Ontario
Date6/13/1929
Names
Toronto Star (Firm)
(publisher)
Unknown
(photographer)
Format
Original Toronto Star caption: York Mills Baptist Church Celebrates 100th Anniversary. Former pastors and members of York Mills Baptist church gathered yesterday in a happy reunion to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the church. (1) James Bathgate, Willowdale, clerk of the church since 1896; (2) York Mills Baptist church; (3) Rev. H. B. Comans, the present pastor; (4) the tombstone of Barnabas Bond, the oldest in the churchyard, dated 1839; (5) Miss Sarah Bond, aged 86 years, life-long member of the congregation, and (6) the 100-year-old pewter communion chalice."
Image published in Toronto Star, 13 June 1929, page 40, with article, "York Mills: Church century old former pastors met; happy reunion gathering to mark 100th anniversary at York Mills."
The church was built in 1833. It closed in 1944 and was torn down in 1948.
Country:Canada
City, town or township:Toronto
East-west street:York Mills Road
Neighbourhood:York Mills
Province or state:Ontario
Language
ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights
Public Domain
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0106998F