As I passed by St. Joachim's Roman Catholic Church and Hall the other day I quickly stopped and pulled around to take a few photos of the old Hall as it appears it is going to be demolished. A new Hall was built beside the church across the road a couple of years ago - the highway here is very busy and to have the hall across the road from the church just wasn't safe.
This old Hall was built in 1900 as a hall (often parishes used old churches as Halls when they were replaced).
The building features buttresses on each side and a unique gable window. Here's are photos taken on Feb. 6th.
Above: North side of hall, photo taken in church parking lot - the road is between us.
Above: Northeast side of Hall. Not the buttresses. The siding is being removed.
Above/Below: North side of building. I assume the vinyl siding is hiding architectural style, ie. windows on this side of the building.
Below: Northwest view of Hall.
Above/Below: An amazing window.
Below: the boarded walls are exposed.
Below: Here's the Hall in relation to the Church.
Below: here's a photo I took of the Hall in May 2001
I believe this hall is in St.Joachim Ontario God Bless ❤🙏
ReplyDeleteI'm not anonymous lm Tammy (Jolicoeur) Broadfoot l believe this is where l had my wedding reception 1987 my parents Norm and SueJolicoeur took care of including my father paying for travel mini vans for guests to and from Windsor where most people lived.He thought of safety first!!!!God Bless this building!❤🙏
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