Cedar Lake United Baptist Church
Title
Cedar Lake United Baptist Church
Creator
Avery Jackson
Source
Information provided by Atlantic Baptist Archives - Churches by the Sea binders, July 16, 1983, Chronicle Herald
Church Name
Cedar Lake United Baptist Church
Church Association
Yarmouth Association
Province
Nova Scotia
County
Yarmouth County
Address
903 Cedar Lake Road Cedar Lake, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia Canada
Status
Inactive
Date
Built 1872
Historical Information
A Baptist Church at Cedar Lake had its origins within the fellowship of the Free Baptists, one of the two Baptist bodies in Nova Scotia which came together in 1906, to form the United Baptist Convention of the Maritime Provinces.
Although there had been Baptist activity in the Yarmouth County community from as early as 1851, it was not until 1872 that the church was erected.
The site where the church stands, together with the land for the cemetery, was obtained by James Pierce. The work on constructing a place of worship was completed in 1872, and was carried out by Tom, Robert, and Howard Curry. In 1904 the roof was shingled.
This church is an elaborate example of the Meeting House style. The Meeting House style was typical of Baptist and Congregational congregations around this time frame in Atlantic Canada, due to its simplistic and rather quick-to-build design. The Meeting House style is characterized by a 1 ½ storey wood-frame construction, with either one or two entranceways located on the gable end. This building is covered in wooden clad boards, and cedar shakes, and has a roof covered in wooden shingles. Heating sources during this time consisted of either a wood or coal burning stove, with illumination within the building coming from either whale oil or kerosene oil lamps.
This building is quite unique, in the fact it is built without a typical tower, and somewhat resembles a dwelling in its style. It is quite Classical in design, evident in the use of classical rectangular windows, with the classical hooded eyebrow trim boards above them and the door. There is a small one-and-a-half storey entranceway, centrally placed on the front facade (gable end) of the building. The front facade is broken up into three bays, and it is symmetrical on all sides, typical of churches built in this style and time period. A striking feature of this building is that there are two levels of windows, one set, set low, on the sanctuary level, and another set, visible on the gable end, set under the pitch of the roof.
It is amazing the amount of detail and skill the craftsmen evidently put into this construction. The resemblance this building has to a dwelling could be because the carpenters were more familiar with building houses, than they were with churches. In fact, if the building did not have the small entranceway on the gable end, and instead had one on the eave-side, the building would resemble a house built in the Cape Cod style.
This church is no longer active, but still stands, surrounded by a graveyard (2023).
Information provided by M. Allen Gibson, "Churches by the Sea," Chronicle Herald, July 16, 1983.
Although there had been Baptist activity in the Yarmouth County community from as early as 1851, it was not until 1872 that the church was erected.
The site where the church stands, together with the land for the cemetery, was obtained by James Pierce. The work on constructing a place of worship was completed in 1872, and was carried out by Tom, Robert, and Howard Curry. In 1904 the roof was shingled.
This church is an elaborate example of the Meeting House style. The Meeting House style was typical of Baptist and Congregational congregations around this time frame in Atlantic Canada, due to its simplistic and rather quick-to-build design. The Meeting House style is characterized by a 1 ½ storey wood-frame construction, with either one or two entranceways located on the gable end. This building is covered in wooden clad boards, and cedar shakes, and has a roof covered in wooden shingles. Heating sources during this time consisted of either a wood or coal burning stove, with illumination within the building coming from either whale oil or kerosene oil lamps.
This building is quite unique, in the fact it is built without a typical tower, and somewhat resembles a dwelling in its style. It is quite Classical in design, evident in the use of classical rectangular windows, with the classical hooded eyebrow trim boards above them and the door. There is a small one-and-a-half storey entranceway, centrally placed on the front facade (gable end) of the building. The front facade is broken up into three bays, and it is symmetrical on all sides, typical of churches built in this style and time period. A striking feature of this building is that there are two levels of windows, one set, set low, on the sanctuary level, and another set, visible on the gable end, set under the pitch of the roof.
It is amazing the amount of detail and skill the craftsmen evidently put into this construction. The resemblance this building has to a dwelling could be because the carpenters were more familiar with building houses, than they were with churches. In fact, if the building did not have the small entranceway on the gable end, and instead had one on the eave-side, the building would resemble a house built in the Cape Cod style.
This church is no longer active, but still stands, surrounded by a graveyard (2023).
Information provided by M. Allen Gibson, "Churches by the Sea," Chronicle Herald, July 16, 1983.
Files
Collection
Citation
Avery Jackson, “Cedar Lake United Baptist Church,” Atlantic Baptist Built Heritage Project , accessed April 29, 2024, https://atlanticbaptistheritage.omeka.net/items/show/497.