Cobourg newspapers

Harbour, Cobourg, Ont., Canada

1900-01-01T00:00:00Z

Coloured postcard of Cobourg harbour from the lighthouse on the eastern pier. A two masted schooner lies at the inner pier with a second schooner bow on to the camera. Behind the schooners is the railroad station. On the horizon is Victoria Hall on the left and Saint Peter's Anglican church to...

St. Peter's Anglican Church and Rectory

2006-10-17T00:00:00Z

St. Peter's Parish was founded in 1819. The original church was replaced in 1854 by a large brick church designed by Kivas Tully, pictured here. The rectory was also replaced but at a later date, by this handsome brick structure

Old Scotch Kirk and old Cobourg poem

2006-10-24T00:00:00Z

Among the pioneers who settled in the Cobourg area at the beginning of the 19th century were many from Scotland. They sought to establish the kind of church to which they had been used to in Scotland and despite many difficulties, the result of their labour is St.Andrew's Presbyterian Church. The...

Old Scotch Kirk Cemetery

2006-10-24T00:00:00Z

The boy in front is Edwin Guillet, son of E.C. Guillet.The old Scotch Kirk was located on King St. West at Ontario St.

Diocesan Theological Institute in Cobourg

2006-10-24T00:00:00Z

In 1842, Bishop John Strachan founded the Diocesan Theological Institute in Cobourg, an Anglican seminary that became integrated into the University of Trinity College in Toronto in 1852. It fell under the direction of his friend and former pupil, the Reverend Alexander Neil Bethune. The Trinity...

St. Peter's Anglican Church

2006-10-24T00:00:00Z

King St. EastThe parish of St.Peter's was founded in 1819, with the first wooden church being built in 1820. In 1851 construction started on a new brick church of some 7000 sq ft, designed by Kivas Tulley, who also designed the famous Victoria Hall, Cobourg. The new church, which had a steeple,...

New Methodist Church, Wicklow

2006-10-24T00:00:00Z

An earlier church pre-dated this structure which was built in 1896. Earliest mention of the church is 1877.

Methodist Church, Cobourg, Ontario

2006-10-24T00:00:00Z

Located on the east side of Division St. at the corner of Chapel St.It's orgins dates back to 1824 as a frame building, which was replaced in 1852 by this brick building. The name Trinity United was adopted around 1928.

St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church

2006-10-24T00:00:00Z

Located on Bagot Street. The fire of 1937 which destroyed the church. This photograph was taken January 4, 1937 at around 11 pm. There was a very high wind blowing.It appears the first meetings for public worship were around the mid 1820s. In 1833 the Presbyterians met for worship in a building...

St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, West Side

2006-10-24T00:00:00Z

The devastating fire of 1937. Taken January 4, 1937 at 11pm.It appears the first meetings for public worship were around the mid 1820s. In 1833 the Presbyterians met for worship in a building that stood on what is now the corner of George and Orange Streets. The original stone church was built...