HomeMy WebLinkAbout398"Article copied from the Toronto Star, March. 29, 1990
Illustration: ANNA WILSON: She's chairman of a Pickering historical group that has endorsed
an application for an historical designation for the Altona Mennonite Church.
Altona Mennonite Church is only one step away from obtaining historical designation for its
interior. The designation would mean a $3,000 grant toward restoration work on pews and
windows.
The Dutch Mennonite church built in 1852 near Uxbridge-Pickering town line was given historical
designation in 1984, but only for its red brick exterior.
Trustees of the church have asked Pickering's Local Architectural Conservation Advisory
Committee (LACAC), a council-appointed committee of volunteers interested in preserving
Pickering's heritage, to expand its designation of historical and architectural significance to
cover the church's interior. LACAC decided to approve the application for the resignation last
month. Council has agreed to prepare a designating by-law.
If that passes, the trustees will be eligible for the $3,000 restoration grant from the province's
Ministry of Culture and Communications sometime in the late spring or early summer.
The church last held a service in 1974 and has been abandoned ever since.
It's one of seven designated historical sites in Pickering.
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