While St. Oswald's Anglican Church, as a congregation, has endured the trials of time, the building itself was short-lived. Erected in 1911, two years before the congregation came to use it, a shortage of parish members eventually led to the building changing hands often. It was used by other Stony Plain residents, but not necessarily for religious purposes: its first change of ownership had it being used as a woodworking shop! After being used by a Lutheran congregation and the Holborn United Church, the building finally entered "disuse" in 1967. St. Oswald's Anglican Church congregation resurfaced when a Revered John Rushton came from Onoway to hold services in the Catholic church, a practice which continues to this day. The old church building is still being used as a workshop nowadays.
Click here to view the page of "Along The Fifth" which tells this church's story.
CIN Usefulness Ratings per grade:
- Gr. 1 - [3] LA [4] Social
- Gr. 2 - [3] LA [4] Social
- Gr. 3 - [3] LA
- Gr. 4 - [4] LA [6] Social
- Gr. 5 - [4] LA
- Gr. 6 - [6] LA
- Gr. 7 - [7] LA [6] Social
- Gr. 8 - [7] LA [5] Social
- Gr. 9 - [7] LA
- Gr. 10 - [6] LA [2] Social
- Gr. 11 - [4] LA
- Gr. 12 - [3] LA
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