Toronto's Historical Plaques
Learn a little of Toronto's history as told through its plaques.
St. John the Baptist, Norway
At 470 Woodbine Avenue stands this church with a large cemetery behind it. A 1977 Toronto Historical Board plaque attached to the building says:
This church, designed by C.J. Gibson, was built in 1893 and enlarged by C.D. Lennox in 1915. Distinctive features are a high-peaked, hammer-beamed roof and stained glass from the original church in an east window. Meetings first began in 1850 and, with the establishment of the parish in 1853, a small wooden school house was moved here and used as a church. The bell, still in use, was installed and the church and cemetery consecrated by Bishop Strachan in 1855. Many United Empire Loyalists and other early settlers are buried here. St. John's founded a number of parishes in East Toronto.
Location Co-ordinates: 43.674701 -79.308608
Photo by Alan L Brown - September 2006
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Norway Post Office
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