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Calvary Church Dr. Rainford, 21 St., 4 Ave.

1900

Calvary Church

Calvary Church Dr. Rainford, 21 St., 4 Ave.

IMAGE DATE1900
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Calvary Church, ca. 1900.

Designed by famed church architect James Renwick Jr. and completed in 1848, the Calvary Church building has been shrinking in size since the 1860s. The original church has two tall wooden spires. Renwick had modeled the structure on the many twin-towered French cathedrals. The spires were removed in 1860 (less than 20 years after construction) when they were no longer structurally stable. This photograph depicts the church with the bases two octagonal bases intact. They too were dismantled in 1929 due deterioration.

Today the church is one of two sanctuaries of the combined (since 1976) Calvary-St. George's Parish.

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