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The
Primitive Methodist Church was the first church in
the village. It was located on the north side of
Main Street across the street from what is now the Park
and Community Centre. It is not known when this
Church was built, but it would have been between 1830
and 1850.
The
Church was on the same circuit as the churches at Sandford
and Hartman and was ministered by local preachers.
Local
preachers were men in the parish who could preach the
gospel. These men had to have a license to preach.
Each year, to renew his
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Location:
Main Street North
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license,
the local preacher presented himself before the Church
Board and proved that he was worthy of the position.
In
1883, the Methodist Churches in Canada formed a union
and the congregation of the two Methodist Churches in
Mount Albert voted to unite. The newly formed congregation
decided to continue to use the Methodist Church on Alice
Street and the Primitive Methodist Church on Main Street
was closed.
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For a few years, the Church was rented to the Salvation
Army and then it was sold and used as a hall. Later,
Mr. John Sloane purchased it and converted it to a gristmill
- a mill for grinding grain. In 1913, Caleb and Albert
Dike bought it and converted it to a flourmill.
From about 1910 to 1925 electricity generated at the mill
was used to light the town. The building was used
as a mill for many years but in the 1980's was converted
to apartments.
It
is said that on the main floor of the existing building
one can still see remnants of the original flooring of
the Church.
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Location:
Main Street North
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