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Melville Presbyterian Church![]() Toronto, Ontario, Canada. December 2007. Historic Melville Presbyterian Church on Old Kingston Road. The church occupies an impressive site overlooking highland creek. MELVILLE CHURCHTHE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN THIS AREA, A SMALL
FRAME BUILDING, WAS ERECTED HERE IN 1851 UNDER THE
LEADERSHIP OF THOMAS WIGHTMAN, PASTOR OF KNOX CHURCH
AGINCOURT AND FIRST MINISTER OF MELVILLE, AND ELDERS
WILLIAM YOUNG AND WILLIAM FERGUSON. THE SITE WAS THE
GIFT OF GEORGE STEPHENSON, A HIGHLAND CREEK MILLER.
THE ORIGINAL FRAME CHURCH WAS BRICKED OVER IN 1887, AND
IN 1899 A LARGE MANSE WAS BUILT NEARBY AND PRESENTED
TO THE CONGREGATION BY JOHN, SANDY AND JAMES NEILSON.
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