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Huron nn4SifiPteltSfteei*
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Stevens came to.clinton
in 1852.attbeageet nineteen and
by 1691 was In business on Huron
- Street in, a planing mill reported
to he at the southeast corner at
*Won and North Street*. In 1869
4' Wilt a new mill across Hum
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Street On the northwest cornet of
Huron and Shipley. Before his
death In 1948.at the 10 015, he
would awn two. more planing
mills, One on Orange Street and
the other On William (See 43 and
In the mid 1870's, the Mill On
Shipley Street was sold to
, McCartney, Thompson and Scott.
The Plant at this time was aP-
ParentlY composed of three
buildings - the planing shop, 45 by
40 feet. a wood turnng shop. and
an engine room the second story
of whit* was Used as a dry kiln.
When Doherty and Menzies were
first aping into organ
manufacturing in 1878, the
cabinet work for the organs was
thodist church built in 1857
• 59- North side of
RattenbtiryStreet west,
secondlotwest of
Orange Street
The Rattenbury Street
Methodist Church
• copyright 1975
Prior to 1857, the Methodist
congregation; which had formed
in 1850, held services in Foster's
woollen mill at Princess and
Albert (see 52) as well ask* J.C.
Stevenson's Turniture store': In
1857 they built a church on the
north side,..913attenbury Street
West on the second lot west of
Orange Street.
The original building, con-
structed by Henry Stevens, was
50 by 35 feet, of brick con-
Xtrection, 25 feet to the caves and
35 to the peak of the roof, with
large gothic widows, three to a
side a&1 three in front. In 1871 a
brick addition in the form of the
cross on a T was added to the off-
street end of the original rec-
tangle, the dimensions of the
former being about 62 by 35 feet.
In 1885 a frame annex was added
on the rear of the_ church con-
taining two class rooms and
measuring. about 35 by 55 feet.
The rectory of this church was
the house at the corner of Spenser
Street, and North Street, for many
years occupied by the late
Thomas Leppington. At least in
its later days, if not earlier, the
church was known as the Wesley
Methodist Church.
In 1901 a need developed for a
larger church, and a decision was
made to build on Victoria Street
(see 12). In consequence. the
Rattenbury Street Church was
sold to D. McCorvie who con-
verted it to a fanning mill fac-
tory. This business was ap-
parently of short duration. and
Mr. McCorvie thereafter used the
building for implement storage.
It was demolished in. 1917.
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-1 The Rattenbu
Street Methodist Church, bulk 1857, demolishecl 1917.
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done by McCann% Thompson
and Scott at the platting mill. In
1880 their plant was described as
the most modern planing mill in
the County. • '
In 1882 and 1883 there were
several now ambiguous tran-
sactions which resulted in flenrY
Stevens resuming ownership of -
the mill He sold the machinery
and then dispoied of the building
to William Jones and George
Ward previously eMPIOXed in
the threshing machine Works,
who converted the Planing mill
into a machine shop for general
blackstrtithing and implement
repair., „They had been In the
building only four months whenit
was completely burned in July
1883 and was not rebuilt. The
present building on the site -may
have been built by HenryStevens
for D. Cantelon.
60 Mig Ba fist church
60 - north side of Huron Street,
west of Orange
The Baptist Church
copyright 1975
About 1858. the. Bible Christians
built a frame church on the
present site of the Baptist
Church. In 1878 they built the
present finked Church at Ontario
and William Streets. and vacated
the frame church on Huron
Street. It came into the
possession of Sidney Mountcastle •
who in 1880 sold it to the Baptist
Congregation for $400. It was
refitted and used by the Baptists
for nine years when it WAS
demolished to make room for the
present brick church. Sam
Cooper was the contractor. The
new church was dedicated in
DeccmbeJ88 and has remained
substantd1y unaltered to the
present.
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The Ontario Ministry of the. Environment
S9lutes
Clinton
on its First 100 Years
Together we can workkr 0 better
Environment of Air, Land tmd Water
in the yearssto come.
Ministry of the
Ontario Environment
HON. WHIIAM NEWMAN, Minister
EVERETT BIGGS, Deputy Minister
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