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Humbercrest United Church |
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"A big city church with a small town feel" |
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Our History |
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Jane Street Methodist Church, which stood on the north-west corner of Jane Street and Raymond Avenue. |
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Basement of Baby Point Road, Methodist Church 1914-1924 |
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In 1912 this congregation began as the Jane Street Methodist Church, located in a portable at Jane Street and Raymond Avenue, where the gas station is today. The next step, in 1914, was to build a basement church on Baby Point Road at Thornhill Avenue. Here, the congregation was known as Baby Point Methodist Church. Ten years later, in 1924, the building on that site had grown from a basement to its present height and became known as Humbercrest Methodist Church. When Church Union occurred in 1925, the name changed again, becoming Humbercrest United Church. Eventually, a fast growing congregation required more worship space and greater Sunday School facilities and so, the Sanctuary wing was built on the west side and dedicated in 1951. At this time an excellent Casavant organ was added, thus continuing Humbercrest's tradition of superb music. |
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The superstructure was added in 1924 |
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The present sanctuary wing was dedicated in 1951. |
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Humbercrest United Church would like to acknowledge the Ontario Trillium Foundation Grant of $100,000 to assist us with our accessibility program. This grant comprises one third of the cost of making our building accessible, and without it the project could not have been undertaken. |
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Our facility is now wheelchair accessible. |