St Marks Anglican
by Mike Falkner
In 1877, construction of St. Mark's Anglican Church began. By January 1878, the church had its first service. Subsequently, a corner bell tower was erected and in 1925, the Sunday school was added to the west end of the sanctuary. The grounds in front of St. Mark's traditionally have been landscaped, creating a ark-like setting for the church. The church and Sunday school together create a single storey,L-shaped structure with an attached three-storey tower. As originally built in 1878, St Mark's was a typical parish church building, designed in the vernacular Gothic Revival tradition. Characteristic of this late 9thcentury version is the rectangular, one-storey, brick structure with gable roof, buttresses, belfry, and pointed arched windows. St. Mark's Church is distinguished in the use of brick corbelling and sets of triple arched windows which formerly contained stained glass. A bell tower, built later, adds a strong architectural feature to the east facade, while the gothic Sunday school and entrance porch of 1925 blend harmoniously with the original design of the church.
*Excerpt from city archives.
