Autre nom(s)
Orkney Church
Orkney United Church
Orkney Presbyterian Church
Liens et documents
s/o
Date(s) de construction
1893/01/01 à 1894/12/31
Inscrit au répertoire canadien:
2006/08/17
Énoncé d'importance
Description du lieu patrimonial
The Orkney Church is a Municipal Heritage Property located approximately 7 kilometres northwest of Yorkton within the Rural Municipality of Orkney No. 244. Consisting of a 4160 square metre parcel, the property features a stone church constructed in 1893-94 and a cemetery.
Valeur patrimoniale
The heritage value of The Orkney Church resides in its connection with the district’s Scottish homesteaders who emigrated from the Orkney Islands. The early decision to build a church reflects the importance these settlers placed on their Presbyterian faith. Constructed adjacent to a fieldstone school between 1893 and 1894, this church became an important religious and community gathering place. Many of these pioneers are interred in the cemetery.
The heritage value of The Orkney Church also resides in its stonemasonry. Stonemasonry was a relatively inexpensive alternative to wood-frame construction in the North-West Territories during a time when lumber was often scarce and costly. The rectangular footprint and unadorned fieldstone walls make the church a good example of Scottish stonemasonry.
Source:
Rural Municipality of Orkney No. 244 Bylaw No. 174.
Éléments caractéristiques
The heritage value of The Orkney Church resides in the following character-defining elements:
-those elements reflecting the church’s stonemasonry, such as the use of fieldstones, the rectangular footprint, sharp corners and regular massing;
-those elements reflecting the church’s association with the homesteaders, such as its orientation and the cemetery headstones.
Reconnaissance
Juridiction
Saskatchewan
Autorité de reconnaissance
Administrations locales (Sask.)
Loi habilitante
Heritage Property Act, alinéa 11(1)(a)
Type de reconnaissance
Bien patrimonial municipal
Date de reconnaissance
1982/04/13
Données sur l'histoire
Date(s) importantes
s/o
Thème - catégorie et type
- Établir une vie sociale et communautaire
- Les institutions religieuses
Catégorie de fonction / Type de fonction
Actuelle
- Loisirs
- Site historique ou d'interprétation
Historique
- Religion, rituel et funéraille
- Centre religieux ou lieu de culte
- Religion, rituel et funéraille
- Site funéraire, cimetière ou enclos
Architecte / Concepteur
s/o
Constructeur
s/o
Informations supplémentaires
Emplacement de la documentation
Department of Culture, Youth and Recreation
Heritage Resources Branch
1919 Saskatchewan Drive Regina, SK
File: MHP 329
Réfère à une collection
Identificateur féd./prov./terr.
MHP 329
Statut
Édité
Inscriptions associées
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