Martin Mennonite Meeting House, Waterloo
Description
- Creator
- Little, Ellis, Photographer
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Slides
- Description
- Exterior of Martin Mennonite Meeting House and cemetery located at southeast corner of King Street North and Bridge Street.
- Notes
- This meetinghouse, built in 1848, was long the center of the large Mennonite settlement in Woolwich Township, north of Waterloo Township. It was named "Martin's" probably because the site of four acres was on the farm of pioneer, Peter Martin, and had been reserved by Henry Martin in 1824 for the purpose of a meetinghouse and burial grounds. The land was not actually purchased (by the "Mennonite Society of British North America," according to the deed) until 1848, when the meetinghouse was erected. For a long time, the meetinghouse was the only one north of Waterloo and served all the Mennonites in Woolwich Township.
- Date of Original
- February 18, 1990
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- Local History Slide Collection
- Geographic Coverage
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Latitude: 43.509519 Longitude: -80.542215
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- Copyright Statement
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- Contact
- Waterloo Public LibraryEmail:askus@wpl.ca
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