St. Pauls Anglican Church is a photograph by Priska Wettstein which was uploaded on October 26th, 2013.
St. Pauls Anglican Church
St. Paul’s Anglican Church was designated a national historic site of Canada in 1989 because:... more
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St. Pauls Anglican Church
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Priska Wettstein
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St. Paul’s Anglican Church was designated a national historic site of Canada in 1989 because:
- it is a significant example of a mission church in the Gothic Revival Style.
Constructed in 1902 to serve the new settlement at Dawson, this small church is a significant example of frontier mission architecture. Its simple design blends Gothic Revival style elements, including stained glass windows and well-crafted woodwork, with an Arts and Crafts aesthetic. Other features include exposed roof trusses made of heavy timbers and transept-like side wings, which serve as a vestry, organ alcove, meeting and choir rooms. St. Paul’s, which took the place of an earlier log building, is also a symbol of the long-standing presence of Anglican missions in Canada’s North beginning here in the 1860s, ministering to Aboriginal peoples and later to miners and settlers.
Source: Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada, Minutes, November 1989, February 1990.
http://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=14122&pid=0
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October 26th, 2013
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