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Metrospan's 16 publications provide readers with informative editorial content focused on community-oriented news According [0 Mr. McCrimmon. “the ex- pansion and move reflect Metrospan’s continued circulation grOWth in Toronto‘s suburban communities, and our desire to provide our advertisers and readers with the mom consistent. high quality publications available in suburban Toronto.” Metrospan‘s President, D. R. McCrimmon. an- nounced today'the'cor- porate operations of Merrospan Priming 8: Publishing Ltd. will be moved [0 new facilities in Willowdale. July 9. 1979. The company has acquired the most modern offset press available in North America to prim its community publications for the suburban Toronto area. and the move will dramatically enhance Metrospan's leadership position in community newspaper publishing, Mr. McCrimmon said. Yonge Street con- strucuon is ahead of schedule and Councillor Al Duffy brought up a proposal at an engineering committee meeting IaSt Thursday to ask the Minister of Transportation and Metrospan moves Is Yonge Stree{ a safe plgce for a bicycle path? There’s an AM/FM radio that becomes a portable, a rear winâ€" dow washer-wiper, a side window defroster, radial tires - all standam. Five speed shift, over head cam, 1500 cc engine add up to fuel economy. There are 39 cubic feet of carrying space when you fold down the back seats. They’d like Yonge to have bike path IN; THE MATTER OF The Ontario Heritage Act, 1974, 8.0. Chapter 122 ' (1‘ ' and ' L ’ ll\l( THE MATTER OF The lands and premises known municipally as 7788 Yonge Street, Thornhill in the Town of Vaughan, in the Province of Ontario. The front (east) facade, with its symetrically placed double doors and tall flanking windows on each side, is crowned by a deeply set and moulded pediment in the gable. This feature was echoed on a smaller (rain rlirnr‘tlu ahnun tho dnhrwav The windnwc an: RAY COFFEY MOTORS FIAT a swarm 41488 YONGE ST. RICHMOND HILL STRADA REASONS FOR THE PROPOSED DESIGNATION The Old,Presbyterian Church (built ca. 1846 as the British Methodist Chapel) is one of the few remaining examples of the modest ecclesiastical architecture employed by Methodist congregations in the second quarter ~of‘the 19th century. Elements of the Greek Revival style are evident in the building’s temple 595m and such architectural details as the pedimented gable in the front facade and the eared mouldings which trim each window. This church forms an integral part of what is left pfihe historic streetscape on the west side of Yonge Street, and with its neighbouring landmarks serves ' {remind future generations of the architectural roots of Thornhill.- In a paper delivered by Pastâ€"President of Heritage Canada, R.A.J. Phillips, we find a warning and a recommendation; Our heritage of churches will not survive by accident, it will indeed take its course in sagging walls, leaking roofs and rotting sills. Churches and Governments should take a reSponsibility they have never comprehended by consolidating riches...end transferring underused buildings to the continued enrich» ment of the community‘..The community could preserve the quality of its streetscape, and bring light to darkened interiors. We could all be richer. if. A photgraph taken in 1890 shows the Tornhill Presbyterian Church proudly overlooking Yonge Street and surrounded by a sturdy white picket fence. Because it was built by Methodists, who spurned ostentation, the impressiveness of this building is conveyed by its simplicity of style and design and its classin proportions. Like many early 19th century Methodist buildings, this timber-frame and clapboard church was executed in a vernacular Greek Revival style. TAKE NOTICE that the Council of The Corporation of the Town of Vaughan intends to designate the lands and building, known municipally as 7788 Yonge Street, Thornhill, Ontario, as a property of architectural value or interest under The Ontario Heritage Act, 1W4, 5.0. Chapter 122. Until 1849 the Presbyterians of Thornhill were served by a minister from the Richmond Hill church. When the local British Methodist congregation merged with the Wesleyans in 1850; they sold their four-yearold church to the Presbyterians for 52 pounds. Under the leadership of the Reverend George Dick, the building was moved to its present location on Village Lot number six, situated in the gore of land between old and new Yonge Streets, south of the Don River and north of Centre Street. The lot had been purchased from George Munro, Esq. for 40 pounds The Thornhill Presbyterians worshipped and socialized in their church for over a century. An excerpt from a sermon delivered by D.W. Cooper at the last service held in the old church on March 1, 1959 reveals the sentiments and reasons for leaving: The old church had long formed a part of the rich heritage of the congregation and had many warm memories for all, but particularly for those members who together with their families had worshipped in it for a generation or more. However, the pressing needs of a growing congregation left no alternative but to seek a new house of worship, ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION: HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE This foimat has 8833555 The new Metrospan address will be: 10 Tempo Ave., Willowdale, Ont. M2H 2N8. The telephone number will be 493-1300. helped make Metrospan the number one com- munity newspaper group in suburban Toronto, with weekly circulation reaching more than 455,000 households. The business and editorial operations of the Mirror newspapers, published by Metrospan. will also be moved to the new facility in Augusr. For further in- formation, contact R. Richard Fish, Vice- President, Marketing (445-4810). Councillor Gord Rowe. a member of the engineering committee. did not agree with (he bicycle path location feeling it was unsafe and a bicycle path along Yonge Street. Funds would come from the contingency fund, Communications to build » Corporation of the Town of ~ Markham Councillor Burnie suggesxed with the possible gasoline shortage residents could dangerous. “I don’t want my kid oum there," he said. Councillors Duffy and Mike Bumie support the idea with Councillor Duffy saying, kids are riding on the road now. a path would just make ii safer. The front least) facade, with its symetrically placed double doors and tall flanking windows on each side, is crowned by a deeply set and moulded pediment in the gable. This feature was echoed on a smaller scale directly above the doorway. The windows are trimmed with an eared moulding that is slightly peaked. This eared trim was a popular feature that can be found on many houses in Thornhill and demonstrates the awareness and fondness that the local craftsmen had for the classical revival. Each of the side walls of the church contain two tall windows similar to those found at the front. Although the fenestration has suffered at the hands of vandals and the windows are now boarded up, it is not difficult to imagine how much light once radiated into the interior of the church. The original interior appears to have had a centre aisle and wide horizontal boarding which'ran along the walls under the windows The pews ran perpendicular, and were attached directly to these boards. Evidence of this can be found in the unpainted "stripes" where the backs of the benches met the wall. In keeping with the Methodist tradition, there would have been a preacher's pulpit in the centre of the west wall that overlooked the congregation. It was no doubt removed when the Presbyterians bought the church in 1850. In 1890 the Presbyterians remodelled. and enlarged their church. The bench pews were removed and vertical wainscoating was applied over the original horizontal boards. The "chancel" end of the church was graced with a concave alcove which stimulates the apse found in tradional ‘highchurch' architecture. A stage-like platform was installed to raise the altar, choir pews and pulpit above the congregation. A large addition, to house a Sunday school cum church hall, an office and vestry, was built on to the rear of the building and access was facilitated by a doorway on each side of the altar. Unlike the original church, which was constructed with hand- hewn beams and accordionvsplit lath, the new addition was a balloon frame structure made with saw mill lumber. The interior trim in the addition is late Victorian and therefOre the product of a mechanized planing mill as opposed to the hand planed mouldings of the original church. Some time after 1890, the box-like vestibule was added at the front door. Its design was very much in keeping with, and sympathetic to, the proportions of the original building, but exhibits architectural detaila that one does not find on early Methodist churches The pediment in the gable surmounts a dentilated cornice and the plain frieze is “supported” by pilasters at the corners and on each side of the doorway. Although the church in its present state would appear to many to be a ruin, it has potential and could be restored. lt is a building of major local significance and deserves to be saved. The monetary investment would be high, but the return in terms of its heritage value to the town of Thornhill, its residents and its visitors would be a wealth immeasurable. Any person may, before the 16th day of July, 1979 send by registered mail or deliver to the Clerk of the Town of Vaughan, notice of his or her objection to the proposed designation, together with a statement of the reasons for the objection and all relevant facts. When a Notice of Objection has been received, the Council of the Town of Vaughan will refer the matter to the Conservation Review Board for a hearing and report. DATED at the Town of Vaughan this 13th day of June, 1979. 0 Upholstery FURNITURE ACADEMY WORKSHOP tor information 8- free brochures CONVENIENT YONGE STEELES LOCATION. Call 881-0001 or 441-2452 Professlonal Instructors Plus all supplies and tools for R.J. DOUGLAS, A.M‘C.T., DEPUTY CLERK, TOWN OF VAUGHAN, 2141 MAJOR MacKENZlE DRIVE, MAPLE, ONTARIO. 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