Toronto's Historical Plaques
Learn a little of Toronto's history as told through its plaques.
Melville Church
This church at 70 Old Kingston Road has a 1977 Scarborough Historical Society plaque out front. Here's what it says:
The first Presbyterian church in this area, a small frame building, was erected here in 1851 under the leadership of Thomas Wightman, pastor of Knox Church Agincourt and first minister of Melville, and elders William Young and William Ferguson. The site was the gift of George Stephenson, a Highland Creek miller. The original frame church was bricked over in 1887, and in 1899 a large manse was built nearby and presented to the congregation by John, Sandy and James Neilson.
Location Co-ordinates: 43.776494 -79.181246
Photo by Alan L Brown - August 2007
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