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Title
A name given to the resource
Cape Breton County Churches, Nova Scotia
Contributor
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Avery Jackson
Language
A language of the resource
English
Church
Church Name
Port Hawkesbury United Baptist Church
Church Association
Cape Breton Association
Province
Nova Scotia
County
Cape Breton Regional Municipality
Address
50 Embree Island Rd, Port Hawkesbury, NS
Status
Active
Date
Built 1974
Historical Information
The Port Hawkesbury United Baptist Church was constructed in 1974, the same year the congregation was formed.
This church is typical for its time in terms of size and style. It is constructed in the split-entry style. On the gable end that faces the nearby highway is a centrally placed cross shaped window. When you enter the church, you can either go up the stairs to the main sanctuary space, or down the stairs to the basement level, where there is a recreational space and kitchen area. The church has a saddle-back steeple placed near the front facade of the structure. The entrance is placed on the eave-side of the facility. On either side of the building there are four square windows in the sanctuary space, and three set close to the ground to the basement level.
The building is covered in white vinyl siding, and has brown asphalt shingles on the roof.
Information from the Port Hawkesbury Baptist Church and Atlantic Baptist Archives.
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Port Hawkesbury United Baptist Church
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Avery Jackson
Source
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Port Hawkesbury United Baptist Church and the Atlantic Baptist Archives
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Title
A name given to the resource
Cape Breton County Churches, Nova Scotia
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Avery Jackson
Language
A language of the resource
English
Church
Church Name
Northside Baptist Church
Church Association
Independent
Province
Nova Scotia
County
Cape Breton County
Address
1178 Main St. Syndey Mines
Status
Active
Date
Built 1976
Historical Information
The Northside Baptist Church congregation started in 1976, the same year they constructed their facility. This building is typical for its time in terms of size and style. The building is a split level construction; once one enters they can go up for the sanctuary, or go down for fellowship hall, kitchen area, and recreational space. The church has modern cushioned pews on the interior.
The front facade of the church is covered in brick, and has a centrally placed doorway on the gable end. There is a roof overhang, above these doors, with the same pitch in the roof as the main structure.. On either side of the doorway there is a single pane window. The eave side of the church features a combination of brick and vinyl siding. There are two sets of four windows on either side, with the space between them covered in brick. There are few architectural embellishments on this facility, and the most striking feature is the portico over the front doors. There is also a side entrance on the left side at the same level as the main doors. There are skylights on the black asphalt roof.
Information provided by the Northside Baptist Church.
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Northside Baptist Church
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Avery Jackson
Source
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Northside Baptist Church
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Title
A name given to the resource
Cape Breton County Churches, Nova Scotia
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Avery Jackson
Language
A language of the resource
English
Church
Church Name
Mitchell Island Union Church
Church Association
N/A
Province
Nova Scotia
County
Cape Breton County
Address
2645 Point Edward Highway, Point Edward, NS
Status
Active
Date
Built circa 1866
Historical Information
The Mitchell Island Union Church is located on the southwest shore of the northwest arm of Sydney Harbour, in Point Edward, Nova Scotia. It is a small white church located by the side of the road, on a small island that is connected to the mainland by a road. The Cape Breton Regional Municipality designated the church, graveyard and land a municipal heritage property.
The Mitchell Island Church is valued for its role in the community, for its simple architecture, and for its associations with the history of the area. The church was constructed circa 1866 to support the religious activities of the several small communities in the area. Although a preacher of any denomination could use the church, it was a "preaching station" for the North Sydney Calvary Baptist Church and services were held every second Sunday afternoon and annual harvest services. The North Sydney Calvary Baptist Church supplied this region with a minister and services but was not formally joined with it nor was it part of their pastorate. The church can seat eighty people. It is a simple wooden structure, consisting of one main room and two small vestibule areas, which currently serve as furnace and coat rooms. Presently the church is used only for weddings and funerals and there is no formal congregation that has regular services of any denomination. The building is located on a small island that is named after a sailor who washed ashore here and who is buried in the graveyard. Currently the island is experiencing an erosion problem which is affecting the future of the site and may risk the structural integrity of the structure.
This church is typical in terms of style for its time. It is a great example in this region of Neo-classical Style church architecture. It is exemplified by traditional rectangular building from, medium-pitched gable roof and bell-capped roof. Originally this building likely had more architectural details and embellishments on the exterior but has had white vinyl siding placed on the sides of the building, covering the original cedar shakes, or cladding that would have been on the sides of the building. Due to its rather remote location, it is likely that builders of the structure were self taught, and their skills in building and design influenced their decisions with the layout of the structure.
Information provided by the church and by Canada Historic Places.
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Title
A name given to the resource
Mitchell Island Union Church
Calvary (North Sydney) Baptist Church
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Title
A name given to the resource
Cape Breton County Churches, Nova Scotia
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Avery Jackson
Language
A language of the resource
English
Church
Church Name
Mira Bay United Baptist Church
Church Association
Formerly Cape Breton Association
Province
Nova Scotia
County
Cape Breton County
Address
Mira Gut, Cape Breton
Status
Unknown
Date
Originally built circa 1838, then 1870
Historical Information
The Mira Bay Baptist Church congregation was first organized in 1838, with Rev Joseph Dimock, a minister at Chester.
The congregation constructed their first building “on a slope overlooking the beautiful waters of Mira Bay”. This structure was long gone by the time Allen Gibson wrote an article on this church in 1983; however, the site of this first Baptist church at Mira Bay is marked by an old cemetery. It is likely that this first church to serve this congregation was built in the Meeting House style. A style which is common for this timeframe in Atlantic Baptist architecture. The style is characterized by being a 1 ½ wood-frame construction, with either one or two entranceways located on the gable end. One can tell a lot about the beliefs of a congregation by examining their architecture. Often when there are two doors, one located on each side of the front facade, one door was used by the men, and the other by the women.
The last church to serve this congregation, built in 1870, has hints of Gothic Revival architecture. It is common among rural communities in Atlantic Canada that there was no formal architect that assisted in the construction of this structure. It is likely that the carpenters charged with the construction of this building learned their practical skills on the job. The building is rather small, and resembles the size of a Baptist meeting house, as opposed to other gothic revival style churches from this timeframe.
The 1870 church has a three bay facade on the gable end, with the main entrance centrally placed, in the base of the tower. A somewhat unusual feature of this building is that there are no windows on the gable end. On each of the eave-sides of the building there are three gothic revival style windows that stretch about two feet from the foundation to a foot from the eaves. The building also features a slight return in the eaves, on the gable end. One of the most striking features of this building is the built-in tower structure, that only extends a few inches forward from the front facade of the building. This tower reaches about 6 feet above the main roofline and is capped by a cone shaped spire, with a ball to cap it.
In 1966, this building was attacked by vandals, who stole a number of religious relics (furniture) from the facility. A decade passed and in 1976, plans were made to restore the building after a hiatus of not having services. Pulpit chairs were given by the Glace Bay Baptist Church, and the Baptist Church in Sydney gave other furnishings and a number of hymn books.
On Sunday, August 16, 1981, the first service in 15 years was held in the church, Four additional services were held before closing the church for the 1981 season. The church has since closed (2023).
Information from Churches by the Sea, M. Allen Gibson, Chronicle Herald, September 10, 1983.
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Mira Bay United Baptist Church
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Information provided by Atlantic Baptist Archives - Churches by the Sea, September 10, 1983.
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Cape Breton County Churches, Nova Scotia
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Avery Jackson
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Glace Bay United Baptist Church
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Cape Breton Association
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Nova Scotia
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Cape Breton County
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229 York St, Glace Bay, NS
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Alternative Use
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Built circa 1872
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<p>The Glace Bay United Baptist Church is one of the finest examples in Cape Breton of Atlantic Canadian Baptist church architecture in an unsymmetrical design.</p>
<p>This building is typical in terms of style for its time; it is a prime example of the Akron design, an architectural plan that congregations were making use of in the first part of the twentieth century featuring a symmetrical design with the steeple centrally placed on the gable end, in a style that was usually Gothic or Greek Revival, but this church was more Classical in design with an asymmetrical design. The church marks a transitional phase in Baptist church architecture around the turn of the twentieth century from a symmetrical design, usually in the Gothic Revival style, with a centrally placed steeple on the gable end, to an asymmetrical design with the steeple place usually on the side of the structure. Many of these churches with an asymmetrical design are also based on a modified “Akron Plan,” so named because it was first used in Akron, Ohio in 1867. This design abandoned the traditional long, straight, and narrow sanctuary with a central aisle in favor of a shallower and wider sanctuary with a sloping floor and pews which sweep in a half-circle and are broken into three sections. The purpose of these features was to enable everyone to see and hear clearly in a time when sound and projection systems were nonexistent. Also typical of the Akron style are sliding walls which allow the gallery to be closed off when not needed, and doors on the Sunday School rooms which completely open the front wall of the classroom. In a true Akron style Sunday School, the classes would open these doors completely so that the superintendent would be in full view to address the whole Sunday school. Doors were then closed for the class time. The sliding door could also be opened to enlarge the seating capacity of the sanctuary.</p>
<p>Some of the most striking features of the exterior of this building include the two rectangular towers on the front façade, the one on the left being taller and historically containing a bell. Another striking feature on the front façade being the large, English Gothic Revival style window centrally placed on the gable end of the structure.</p>
<p>The interior of the structure has remained relatively unchanged since its construction. It contained three rows of curved back pews, with five aisles. At the back, behind the pulpit there is large pipe organ that stretches to the ceiling.</p>
<p>The Glace Bay United Baptist Church congregation has since disbanded and the ownership of the Church has been handed over the Lighthouse Church of Glace Bay, a non-denominational Christian organization established in the area in 2005.</p>
<p>Information provided by Atlantic Baptist Archives and the church.</p>
<p>Photo 1 courtesy of Atlantic Baptist Archives/D1900.039/119 </p>
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Cape Breton County Churches, Nova Scotia
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Avery Jackson
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English
Church
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Clyde Avenue Baptist Church
Church Association
Cape Breton Association
Province
Nova Scotia
County
Cape Breton County
Address
30 Clyde Ave, Sydney Mines, NS
Status
Alternative Use
Date
Built 1903
Historical Information
<p>The Clyde Avenue Baptist Church, Sydney Mines was formed after the meeting of eight individuals, in the studio of Samuel Stubbert, around 1895. At this meeting was Murdock Ross, who was a member of Calvary Baptist Church, North Sydney, but gave his counsel and time in the advancement of the cause.</p>
<p>In the beginning, meetings of the congregation were held in the Temperance Lodge, but as the attendance grew it was decided that the informal congregation should officially form and construct a facility dedicated to them. A building was constructed at the cost of $2000, which would be around $48,000 in 2021. The church was officially organized at the same time the building was dedicated and opened on December 20, 1903.</p>
<p>The first pastor to serve at the church was Rev. A. H. Whitman, who remained there for five years. Soon after congregation moved into their church, they petitioned the town to have the sidewalk extended from Main Street to the church, which the town later did. Originally the church did not have electricity, and it was not until 1906 that electric lights were installed, with monetary donations from parishioners. This same year a 32” bell was installed in the steeple which is still (2021) situated in the same spot.</p>
<p>This building appears to be Gothic Revival in style, apparent from the architectural embellishments on the exterior, such as the curved Gothic windows, and medallion window set up high in the middle of the front façade, on the gable end. The asymmetrical design, with the steeple situated on the right side of the building, rather than a symmetrical design with the steeple centrally placed on the gable end, is very common amongst churches built in this era. This stylistic choice was a common trend amongst Baptist churches in Atlantic Canada during the turn, and early part, of the twentieth century. Many churches built in this era, however, are built in the classical design, but this church has architectural details resembling those of earlier constructed churches, perhaps demonstrating the favoured style of the architect or resembling other community facilities in the region. A few features that stand out about this structure are the gothic windows on the left side of the structure, and the unbalanced nature of the windows on the front façade, demonstrated through the uneven spacing between the two gothic windows in relationship to the upper medallion window. This medallion window and its graphic design are unique to this building, and not seen anywhere else. Along with this, the bell-cast roof the steeple with more classical, rectangular windows, demonstrates the merge between the older, Gothic/Greek Revival style churches of a more symmetrical design and that of the Classical style in an asymmetrical design that was gaining popularity during this time.</p>
<p>Added to the structure later, in 1921, was the reception hall, located on the right side of the steeple. It is apparent that it was added later due to the plain rectangular vinyl windows, that stand out when compared to the Gothic windows on the main body of the church. It was not until 1927 that this hall was joined to the main church structure; prior to this the hall was located elsewhere on the property.</p>
<p>In 1964, extensive renovations were madeto the interior front façade, where the pulpit is, baptistry, and front entrance, totalling $6000, which would be around $52,500 in 2021, more than what it cost to complete the church!</p>
<p>The original church was a dark color, perhaps a red, or brown, with white trim, all of which were wooden clad boards, or cedar shakes. After renovations in the 1980’s the church was covered in a white vinyl siding, with aluminum storm windows covering the original wooden framed ones.</p>
<p>When the church was first constructed it has a large, pointed cap, which was later removed, most likely during renovations in the late twentieth century. This steeple, with its original cap, used to form both an impressive physical and picturesque community and streetscape presence.</p>
<p>The church has recently (2023) been closed.</p>
<p>Information provided by the Calvary Baptist Church, and <em>History of Clyde Avenue United Baptist Church, Clyde Avenue, Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia</em>, 1903-1990 by Edwin T. Bruce.</p>
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Dublin Core
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Title
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Cape Breton County Churches, Nova Scotia
Contributor
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Avery Jackson
Language
A language of the resource
English
Church
Church Name
Calvary (North Sydney) Baptist Church
Church Association
Cape Breton Association
Province
Nova Scotia
County
Cape Breton County
Address
6 Beech St, North Sydney, NS
Status
Active
Date
Originally built circa 1825, current building circa 1914
Historical Information
<p>A Baptist congregation in North Sydney dates to 1825; soon after their formation they constructed a small meeting house style building, a common style among Baptists in early to mid-nineteenth century Atlantic Canada. This style is often characterized by its small and rather plain facility, with no steeple, and gothic or neo-classical embellishments. The front entrance was often on the gable end, with either two entrances one on the left and right sides of the front façade; one meant for the men and the other for women, or a centrally placed doorway. This building has a single entrance centrally placed on the gable end, and had rather classical embellishments, common for the time.</p>
<p>This church congregation has a strong tie with John Hull, who was the first Baptist minister to come from the Eastern section of the province. In the late summer of 1825, Rev. Joseph Dimock had arrived in Upper North Sydney, Cape Breton to find John Hull, then a Congregationalist evangelist, ministering from time to time in a little union meetinghouse. Dimock organized a meeting on October 15, 1825, at which Hull and his congregation agreed to join the Baptist denomination as a unified church. This was the first Baptist church on the island of Cape Breton. The first official act of the church was to grant a license to John Hull to preach. In May 1826 he was sent to the Baptist Association then in session at Wilmot for ordination, returning to Cape Breton in August 1827. He remained in the church about a year, after which very little is known of his activities. Hull died at the age of thirty-one while on a preaching trip to Livermore Falls, Maine.</p>
<p>For many years the Calvary Baptist Church also led services in remote surrounding communities, called “preaching stations,” such as the one the church held at the Mitchell Island Union Church, for Baptist settlers who were unable to make the trip to North Sydney for services.</p>
<p>This congregation replaced their building in 1914, with a large and more commodious structure. This building is typical in terms of style for its time; it is a prime example and architectural movement congregations were making in the first part of the twentieth century from a symmetrical design with the steeple centrally placed on the gable end, in a style that was usually Gothic or Greek Revival, to a church that was more Classical in design with an asymmetrical design. This church is typical of other churches of its time and style. Inside it features ornate plasterwork, curved back wooden pews, and a large pipe organ behind the pulpit. The church still maintains much of its original woodwork and architectural embellishments. One of the most eye-catching features of this church is the open-cage belfry, and large bell which can be seen from the property. Along with this feature the church has large ornate stained-glass windows, on all sides.</p>
<p>Information provided by the church and Atlantic Baptist Archives.</p>
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Title
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Calvary (North Sydney) Baptist Church