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St. Mark's Anglican Church (Port Hope, Ontario)

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church building dates from the 1820s and was the original home of St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church, now located in a larger stone building on Pine Street. The congregation dedicated to St. Mark was established in 1873.
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By 1865, St. John the Evangelist Church had outgrown the building and in 1869, the congregation moved to a larger, brick building on Pine Street. The church sat abandoned with the bell removed and buried.
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In 1872, a group of St. John's parishioners petitioned the diocese to reopen the church as a new parish. The building was restored and reopened dedicated to
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Watercolour of the town of Port Hope with Protestant Hill and the then-St. John's Church visible, 1833
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above the altar was donated by the Massey family in memory of their deceased family members in 1957.
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in 1873. Further alterations were made in 1895 and the church was damaged by fire in 1925.
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The interior of the church is notable for its painted pews and
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The cemetery in St. Mark's churchyard was consecrated by
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style, a vernacular style of North America employing
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43°57′05″N 78°17′24″W / 43.951504°N 78.289949°W / 43.951504; -78.289949
Port Hope
Ontario
Denomination
Anglican Church of Canada
stmarksporthope.ca
Dedication
Saint Mark the Evangelist
Style
Carpenter Gothic
Province
Ontario
Diocese
Toronto
Rector
Honorary
priest(s)
Anglican
Port Hope
Ontario
Carpenter Gothic
Vincent Massey
Governor General of Canada


Port Hope
Albany, New York
Kivas Tully
Saint Mark the Evangelist

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