Fairview United Baptist Church
Title
Fairview United Baptist Church
Church Name
Fairview United Baptist Church
Church Association
Prince Edward Island Association
Province
Prince Edward Island
County
Prince County
Address
Old Rustico Road
Status
Demolished
Date
Built 1880
Historical Information
In the early part of 1878 people in the district community known as “Old Rustico Road” began meeting and wanting a place of worship in their part of Prince Edward Island. The pastor from the Cavendish Baptist Church, Reverend J. B. Woodland, preached to this group until they officially organized and constructed a church. In 1879 the Fairview Baptist Church was started, and later finished in the first months of the summer in 1880. Prior to the construction of this building, like other Baptist groups, they would meet from house to house and have laymen such as William Neill, Robert Andrews, and others preach to them.
On July 14, 1880, this church was organized at Fairview, P.E.I., and was to be known as the Fairview Baptist Church. The building that served the congregation was officially recognized on October 17, 1880, with three Sunday services being held a week. For many years Fairview was associated with Cavendish Baptist Church and the St. Peter’s Road Church (Marshfield). In 1924, the church met with Reverend H. R. Boyer from the Baptist Convention and agreed to unite with the North River Field, to which it belonged until its closure and ultimate demolition.
This church was was built in the meeting house style, common amongst Baptist churches in Atlantic Canada during the ninetieth century. This style is often characterized by its small and rather plain facility, with no steeple or Gothic 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 appears to have had additions built onto both the front and the back of the main structure. This building has three Gothic arched windows on either side of the main building. When this building was first constructed it would have had the front entrance centrally placed on the front façade, but it was moved to the left side of the structure. A very small steeple is centrally placed on the main building.It never contained a bell, and barely reaches above the peak of the roof. The roof on a high pitch was covered originally with wooden shingles and later with asphalt shingles. The building originally had a three-bay façade on the front, but later had a one-bay façade with the front addition. The pitch of the roof on the front addition mimics that found on the main structure. The most eye-catching feature of this building would have to be the large, oversized Gothic windows which appear larger than what a building of this size would need. Along with this the small steeple is an eye-catching feature, but lost significance when the front addition was put on.
Information proved by O’Leary Baptist Church and Frank Sinnott, History of the Baptists of Prince Edward Island, 1974.
On July 14, 1880, this church was organized at Fairview, P.E.I., and was to be known as the Fairview Baptist Church. The building that served the congregation was officially recognized on October 17, 1880, with three Sunday services being held a week. For many years Fairview was associated with Cavendish Baptist Church and the St. Peter’s Road Church (Marshfield). In 1924, the church met with Reverend H. R. Boyer from the Baptist Convention and agreed to unite with the North River Field, to which it belonged until its closure and ultimate demolition.
This church was was built in the meeting house style, common amongst Baptist churches in Atlantic Canada during the ninetieth century. This style is often characterized by its small and rather plain facility, with no steeple or Gothic 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 appears to have had additions built onto both the front and the back of the main structure. This building has three Gothic arched windows on either side of the main building. When this building was first constructed it would have had the front entrance centrally placed on the front façade, but it was moved to the left side of the structure. A very small steeple is centrally placed on the main building.It never contained a bell, and barely reaches above the peak of the roof. The roof on a high pitch was covered originally with wooden shingles and later with asphalt shingles. The building originally had a three-bay façade on the front, but later had a one-bay façade with the front addition. The pitch of the roof on the front addition mimics that found on the main structure. The most eye-catching feature of this building would have to be the large, oversized Gothic windows which appear larger than what a building of this size would need. Along with this the small steeple is an eye-catching feature, but lost significance when the front addition was put on.
Information proved by O’Leary Baptist Church and Frank Sinnott, History of the Baptists of Prince Edward Island, 1974.
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Citation
“Fairview United Baptist Church,” Atlantic Baptist Built Heritage Project , accessed May 1, 2024, https://atlanticbaptistheritage.omeka.net/items/show/295.