Loyalist Memorial Church

Loyalist Memorial Church

Photo by Alan L Brown - May 28, 2004

Plaque Location

The County of Lennox and Addington
The Town of Greater Napanee
At Adolphustown, at the church on the north side of Highway 33 just west of County Road 8 at street number 10421

Plaque Text

The first Anglicans of Adolphustown were Loyalists who arrived in 1784. Early services were conducted at the home of Nicholas Hagerman by the Rev. John Langhorn who, from 1787 to 1813, was the resident missionary for the Townships of Ernesttown and Fredericksburgh. In 1822 a frame church named St. Paul's was built, which still stands just west of this site. In that year Adolphustown became a mission, and its first resident clergyman, the Rev. Job Deacon, served until 1850. The present church of St. Alban-the-Martyr, erected 1884-88, was built through public subscriptions as a memorial to the Loyalists of the area.