Tour group at Toronto Bell Cote, Scarlett Road, 2017. Image by Herman Custodio
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Resource ID
8076
Access
Open
Award Status
Nominee, Winner
Credit Line
Image by Herman Custodio
Date of Creation
05 November 2017
Keywords
religion, architectural history, faith and religion
Program Category
Tours
Rights
Herman Custodio
Caption
Tour group at Toronto Bell Cote, Scarlett Road, 2017. Image by Herman Custodio
Description
The only wood-framed church remaining in Toronto, it was originally built in 1895 as the Holy Trinity Anglican Church in Malton, Peel Region. In 1923, the church was relocated to Westmount (Etobicoke), and was renamed St. Matthias Anglican Church. An anchor for the Westmount community for over 30 years, the church served as a disaster relief location during the Hurricane Hazel floods of 1954. The building later fell into disrepair, with the main structure near collapse by the 2000s. Restored by Sukyo Mahikari Canada, the project won a Built Heritage Award of Merit in 2015.
It was also a featured location on our 2017 bus tour, offered as part of the Heritage Primer program. Stops featured past and present nominees and winners in the built heritage category of the Heritage Toronto Awards.