Trust Events
Doors Open for Churches
YARMOUTH COUNTY
September 14-15, 2019
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Doors will be open Saturday only from 1pm - 4pm.
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Some areas do not have adequate internet access to provide you with access to this website. You may print out a copy of the GoogleMap for yourself, take note of the addresses and directions, or use GPS.
ACC indicates Wheelchair accessibility;
WR indicates Washroom availability
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HOLY TRINITY ANGLICAN
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Holy Trinity Anglican Church is a large, brick, cruciform plan church building constructed between 1866 and 1870 in the Gothic Revival style. It is located on William Street, near the main business district of the town of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. Municipal heritage designation applies to the building and land.
The church is valued for its role in the Anglican community of Yarmouth, for its historical associations with Rev. Ranna Cossit, the parish’s first rector and with Rev. Roy Campbell, designer of the church. It is also valued for its Gothic Revival architecture and stained-glass windows.
A door from the original Episcopal/Anglican church in Yarmouth, built ca 1793 to the west of the present church, may be seen in the church hall. |
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RITCHIE CHAPEL
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The chapel is part of a non-denominational burial ground established in 1860 on an 11-acre section “in back of town” known as “the mountain”. This cemetery replaced an earlier one in the centre of town. After subsequent acquisitions of adjacent land, the Yarmouth Mountain Cemetery Company now owns approximately 40 acres.
The Ritchie Memorial Chapel, an impressive stone building, was the gift of David Alexander Ritchie, a native of Yarmouth who made his fortune in New England. Through his generosity, construction began on a mortuary chapel in 1921. The chapel design was inspired by the Story Chapel, Mount Auburn Cemetery of Cambridge, Massachusetts. The chapel was dedicated two years later in 1923.
The chapel’s stained glass windows make it a popular backdrop for photographers.
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BEACON UNITED CHURCH
25 Beacon St, Yarmouth> |
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Two United Church congregations combined to form a new congregation, whose church building was dedicated in June 1967. One of the two, Central United (formerly Tabernacle Congregational Church), became the Yarmouth County Museum. The new congregation was called Beacon United Church.
It is a classic 1960s design: a modified A-frame whose shape is emphasized by banks of windows following the line of the roof. Exposed wooden ribs soar to the peak of the structure. The complex of buildings, including the offices, chapel, auditorium and classrooms, is large and now serves the wider community for both worship and community activities.
The Cassavant Frères organ came from Central United Church, one of the founding congregations.
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The HTNS Places of Worship Committee is dedicated to cataloguing our religious buildings, promoting policies to protect them, and publicizing their architectural importance to Canada.
