Douglas Street Baptist Church
3277 Douglas Street, Saanich, Colombie-Britannique, V8X, Canada
Reconnu formellement en:
1997/11/03
Autre nom(s)
Douglas Street Baptist Church
Ukrainian-Canadian Cultural Club
Liens et documents
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Date(s) de construction
1910/01/01 à 1913/01/01
Inscrit au répertoire canadien:
2004/11/01
Énoncé d'importance
Description du lieu patrimonial
The Douglas Street Baptist Church is a symmetrical two-storey masonry building located at the north end of Douglas Street, between Roderick and Cloverdale Avenues in the Saanich Core area of Saanich.
Valeur patrimoniale
The Douglas Street Baptist Church is valued for its connections to one of the first Baptist congregations in B.C., and because of a community initiative to construct this building during the Edwardian era. During the 1880s, the local Baptist congregation formed the Burnside Baptist Mission and met in private homes, indicating the importance that the community placed on their religious services. The church on Douglas Street was built with donated materials and labour and illustrates the commitment of the Baptist community to the growth and development of their organization. Many prominent locals made donations to the construction of the church. In order to reduce costs, a cheap alternative to the traditional church material of stone was chosen, imitation ashlar concrete block, which was readily available at the time. The Church also displays an eclectic style, with connections to medieval buildings in the "Old Country", including half-timbered gables and crenellated parapets, combined with thin, paired classical columns on the wooden entrance porch.
The Douglas Street Baptist Church is also significant for its association with the growth and development of its neighbourhood context. Saanich Core is directly north of downtown Victoria, and is the administrative heart of Saanich municipality. In the late 1850s, most of the land in Saanich Core was part of Dr. William Fraser Tolmie's 445 hectare Cloverdale Farm. Tolmie was a prominent local surgeon, Hudson's Bay Company officer, politician and major early landowner in this area of Saanich. Subdivision of his land began in 1890 with one acre parcels and the land boom of 1910-14 established a pattern of residential lots, associated services and community institutions.
Source: Heritage Planning Files, District of Saanich
Éléments caractéristiques
Key elements that define the heritage character of the Douglas Street Baptist Church include its:
- prominent corner location on a major road
- form, scale and massing
- symmetrical front facade
- imitation-ashlar concrete block construction
- roughcast stucco and half-timbering in the gables
- gabled entrance with crenellated parapets on each side
- wood-sash leaded windows at the main floor front of the building
- thin, paired classical columns on the wooden entrance front
Reconnaissance
Juridiction
Colombie-Britannique
Autorité de reconnaissance
Administrations locales (C.-B.)
Loi habilitante
Local Government Act, art.954
Type de reconnaissance
Répertoire du patrimoine communautaire
Date de reconnaissance
1997/11/03
Données sur l'histoire
Date(s) importantes
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Thème - catégorie et type
- Établir une vie sociale et communautaire
- Les institutions religieuses
Catégorie de fonction / Type de fonction
Actuelle
- Communauté
- Local pour association fraternelle, organisation sociale ou de bienfaisance
Historique
- Religion, rituel et funéraille
- Centre religieux ou lieu de culte
Architecte / Concepteur
s/o
Constructeur
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Informations supplémentaires
Emplacement de la documentation
Heritage Planning Files, District of Saanich
Réfère à une collection
Identificateur féd./prov./terr.
DcRu-782
Statut
Édité
Inscriptions associées
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