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Reverend Thomas Greene At St. Luke's, Wellington Square Photo by Alan L Brown - May 7, 2004 · Photo by Alan L Brown - May 7, 2004

Reverend Thomas Greene at St. Luke's, Wellington Square

1834

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St. Luke's Church was built in 1834 on land originally patented by Chief Joseph Brant. Consecrated in 1838 by the Right Reverend C.J. Mountain, Anglican Bishop of Quebec, the church was a simple two-storey, frame building, with tower, plain Gothic windows and box pews. St. Luke's first permanent Rector, Reverend Thomas Greene, was appointed the year of the church's consecration. Greene (1809-1878) had been brought to Canada from Ireland in 1836 by Bishop Stewart's Upper Canadian Travelling Mission Fund. Records of his journeys throughout the London District provide invaluable information on life among the early settlers in that area. As the result of extensive alterations, begun in 1893, his original church has been substantially changed.

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The Region of Halton
The City of Burlington
On the north side of Lakeshore Road, 2 ½ blocks west of Brant Street

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