Merton-Mount Pleasant Cemetery
2411, North Service, Town of Oakville, Ontario, Canada
Reconnu formellement en:
1993/04/29
Autre nom(s)
Merton-Mount Pleasant Cemetery
2411 North Service Road West
Liens et documents
Date(s) de construction
1880/01/01
Inscrit au répertoire canadien:
2010/01/20
Énoncé d'importance
Description du lieu patrimonial
Merton-Mount Pleasant Cemetery is located across from the Deerfield Golf Club on the south side of North Service Road West, east of Bronte Road in the Town of Oakville.
The property was designated by the Town of Oakville in 1993 for its heritage value under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act (By-law 1993-20).
Valeur patrimoniale
Merton-Mount Pleasant Cemetery is associated with Oakville's earliest pioneers. The cemetery was established in 1880 on the grounds of the Methodist-Episcopal Mount Pleasant Church. The first burial occurred on this site in 1886.
In the early 20th century, the congregation of the church began to decline and in 1918 the church was closed. The church was later demolished, but the cemetery remained out of respect for those interred within the grounds. The property is one of the last remnants of the old Hamlet of Merton.
Merton-Mount Pleasant Cemetery is a good representation of 19th century cemetery design. It is characterised by a naturalistic setting to attract and comfort the living, the use of markers and monuments to perpetuate the memory of individuals and a park-like layout for public use. True to the original plan, gravesites are placed with separate individual markers.
Source: Town of Oakville, By-law 1993-20.
Éléments caractéristiques
Character defining elements that contribute to the heritage value of Merton-Mount Pleasant Cemetery include the:
- the range of size and sophistication of markers and monuments, from modest to elaborate
- church date stone along North Service Road West
- layout including mature trees along the property line
- monuments
- individual grave markers with their surviving inscriptions
Reconnaissance
Juridiction
Ontario
Autorité de reconnaissance
Administrations locales (Ont.)
Loi habilitante
Loi sur le patrimoine de l'Ontario
Type de reconnaissance
Désignation du patrimoine municipal (partie IV)
Date de reconnaissance
1993/04/29
Données sur l'histoire
Date(s) importantes
1955/01/01 à 1955/01/01
Thème - catégorie et type
- Établir une vie sociale et communautaire
- Les institutions religieuses
Catégorie de fonction / Type de fonction
Actuelle
- Religion, rituel et funéraille
- Site funéraire, cimetière ou enclos
Historique
Architecte / Concepteur
s/o
Constructeur
s/o
Informations supplémentaires
Emplacement de la documentation
Town of Oakville
Planning Services
1225 Trafalgar Road
Oakville, ON
L6J 5A6
Réfère à une collection
Identificateur féd./prov./terr.
HPON09-0159
Statut
Édité
Inscriptions associées
s/o