Chalmers Presbyterian Church St. Lawrence near Prince Arthur around 3564 St. Lawrence. It united with St. Gabriels to form the first Presbyterian congregation in Montreal around 1907, the great Malcolm Campbell learned his craft here.
There was a 5-foot enamelled M F round sign here at the local Bulk Plant back in the Seventies Heavy, but, the owner knew what it was and did not want to part with it.
We later found a 4 x 8 foot B A Bow Tie enamelled sign being used as a fence, paid 10 bucks for it, and a trader-type I knew just had to have it, and gave $200.
Good thing I was driving my 1971 Chev 1/2 ton 305 V8 w/three on the tree shift.
A Labyrinthian search for clues leads me to conclude that this was the former Chalmers Presbyterian Church located approximately at 3564 (previously 786) St. Lawrence Blvd., a short distance south of Prince Arthur.
The Main Garage took over the property, presumably following a fire--exact date as yet undetermined.
Google Archive article, Montreal Gazette of April 10, 1937, left hand side of page, 6th paragraph down reads:
"...the Chalmers Presbyterian Church, on St. Lawrence Boulevard, now a garage.".
How many burned out churches became garages is anyone's guess, of course.
What appears to be an address plate is above the door blocked with the sign "Repairs Oiling and Greasing", to the left of which is a vintage Kik Cola sign.
Is that a shamrock or clover relief stonework directly over the center "arch" above the "McColl Frontenac Motor Oils" sign?
Google Images has several variations of McColl Frontenac Indian Chiefs.
UrbanLegend, someone writing a book about Montreal asked me to try to get your coordinates for an interview about Snowdon or something. Cd u write me direct at megaforce@gmail.com? Thx
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Don't know where this is, either, but LOVE the McColl Frontenac sign!!
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Another Fallen Flag! akin to White Rose and BA.
There was a 5-foot enamelled M F round sign here at the local Bulk Plant back in the Seventies Heavy, but, the owner knew what it was and did not want to part with it.
We later found a 4 x 8 foot B A Bow Tie enamelled sign being used as a fence, paid 10 bucks for it, and a trader-type I knew just had to have it, and gave $200.
Good thing I was driving my 1971 Chev 1/2 ton 305 V8 w/three on the tree shift.
All now dead, the truck, too.
Hmmm.
Thank You.
A Labyrinthian search for clues leads me to conclude that this was the former Chalmers Presbyterian Church located approximately at 3564 (previously 786) St. Lawrence Blvd., a short distance south of Prince Arthur.
ReplyDeleteThe Main Garage took over the property, presumably following a fire--exact date as yet undetermined.
See: Google map:
https://maps.google.ca/?ll=45.513625,-73.571888&spn=0.000015,0.009645&t=m&z=17&layer=c&cbll=45.513577,-73.571782&panoid=_BhWyBDWKaaMBjr7xYNi8w&cbp=12,243.36,,0,-5.41
Google Archive article, Montreal Gazette of April 10, 1937, left hand side of page, 6th paragraph down reads:
"...the Chalmers Presbyterian Church, on St. Lawrence Boulevard, now a garage.".
How many burned out churches became garages is anyone's guess, of course.
What appears to be an address plate is above the door blocked with the sign "Repairs Oiling and Greasing", to the left of which is a vintage Kik Cola sign.
Is that a shamrock or clover relief stonework directly over the center "arch" above the "McColl Frontenac Motor Oils" sign?
Google Images has several variations of McColl Frontenac Indian Chiefs.
UrbanLegend, someone writing a book about Montreal asked me to try to get your coordinates for an interview about Snowdon or something. Cd u write me direct at megaforce@gmail.com? Thx
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