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Monday, December 13, 2021

Churches of South Dundas Mural

 The South Dundas Mural depicting churches of South Dundas stands south of where County Road 8 connects with County Road 2 less than two kilometres east of Morrisburg, Ontario.

 








CHURCHES OF
SOUTH DUNDAS


TOP ROW

– LEFT SMALL PRESBYTERIAN BUILT 1831
PURCHASED BY CATHOLICS 1845
PRESENT CATHOLIC CENTRE LEFT 1968-
– OLD & PRESENT PRESBYTERIAN 1873
LOCATED IN DUNBAR –
– UNITED CHURCH IN WILLIAMSBURG
FORMER PRESBYTERIAN 1866 –
– LITTLE CHURCH BEHIND RED BRICK
IS 1ST METHODIST 1797 –
– BIG RED BRICK BUILT METHODIST 1880
NOW UNITED MORRISBURG –
– HOLINESS CHURCH 1890 BEHIND
THE PENTECOSTAL 1957 –
– FAR RIGHT CHRISTIAN REFORMED 1953
WILLIAMSBURG BURNED 1991 –
– RIGHT CENTRE NEW CHRISTIAN REFORMED
BUILT 1995 –

DUNDAS MURALS

BOTTOM ROW

– DEPICTED IN DISTANCE IS 1ST
PROTESTANT CHURCH IN UPPER CANADA
LUTHERAN UNITED EMPIRE LOYALIST 1789-1790
ZION OF SALEM EVANGELICAL –
REVERAND OF THE DAY 1811 APOSTOLIZED
TO ANGLICAN –
AFTER WAR OF 1812 LUTHERANS
WERE REFUSED ENTRY 1814 –
– COMING FORWARD FROM LEFT
2ND LUTHERAN 1833, 3RD LUTHERAN
1863, DEMOLISHED AT TIME OF
SEAWAY, 4TH LUTHERAN 1957
RIGHT: 2ND ANGLICAN 1836,
3RD ANGLICAN 1902, BUILT BY THE
J.P. WHITNEY FAMILY AS A MEMORIAL
TO THEIR PARENTS, DISMANTLED AND
STONES NUMBERED TO REBUILD IN 1957,
NEW LOCATION OF BOTH CHURCHES
RIVERSIDE HEIGHTS

PLAQUES FUNDED BY ONTARIO TRILLIUM FOUNDATION

Kelly 2003

Championed by
South Williamsburg Township Recreation
2011

REFURBISHED BY
Carl, Gerry & Keith
ROBINSON
with support from
RIVERSIDE RECREATION
& SOUTH DUNDAS