Gallery Lambton: Gallery Lambton is owned and operated by the County of Lambton and houses an extensive permanent collection including works by the famed Group of Seven. Some of the works in the permanent collection depict the early days of Lambton County including the oil boom. Throughout the years, the petro-chemical industries locally, have provided funds in order for Gallery Lambton to expand their collections. Take some time and go visit Gallery Lambton, you will see works from the past with significant historical value as well as works by contemporary artists locally and nationally. You will not be disappointed. Just Passing Through Extra: 7. Gallery Lambton
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Mackenzie House, 316 N. Christina St: This house was originally constructed by Alexander Mackenzie, Canada’s 2 nd Prime Minister for his brother John. It typifies the Ontario Classic design that was prevalent through out the province during the latter half of the 1800s. Still visible from the interior in the window above the front door are initials of John’s wife, Elizabeth, which she inscribed with her diamond ring. A historic plaque is located on this site.
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Saddy House (Mulberry House), 197 London Rd: Alexander Mackenzie is believed to have built this house in 1861 for the James Rogers Family. They named it the Mulberry House and occupied it for almost 100 years. From 1905 to 1910, they operated a candy store out of the back of the house. Markings on the back windowsill indicated where knives were once sharpened. The front steps are made of tombstones, rejected by customers because of spelling errors. The modified Georgian style of the house features barge board gables above the front door, as well as a carving of a young man’s head. The windows were made of small panes of glass due to the rarity and high cost of large sheets of glass. The late Marceil Saddy, former mayor of Sarnia and the only other owner of the Mulberry house, donated to the Sarnia Foundation upon his death. It has subsequently been sold.
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St. George’s Anglican Church, 248 N. Vidal St: St. George’s was built in 1883 to replace St. Paul’s Anglican Church on London Road. The first pipe organ used in this church was salvaged from a sunken ship. Artifacts from St. Paul’s are present at St. George’s and they include a cornerstone dated 1848, a baptismal font, a wooden plaque with the Lord’s Prayer and the Ten Commandments in laid in gold. This church was the revitalization of Victorian architecture. The spire is near perfect pyramidal projection and the buttresses are plain staged with simple recessed slopes. The arched construction is carried throughout the church from the doors to the windows. The bell in this church as used as a fire alarm as well as for calling folks to church.
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Our Lady of Mercy Church, 390 N. Christina St.: originally St. Michael’s Church, the first Roman Catholic Church in Sarnia was built in 1840 and occupied this site, but in 1857, the Catholic community erected a wooden church which they named Our Lady of Mercy. St. Michael’s then became the rectory. Twenty years later the present European Gothic structure replaced the old wooden church. This new building features a gorgeous rose window above the front doors. If you enter the church you will notice the floor slopes towards the back of the church. This was to allow for a better view of the altar.
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St. Andrew’s Church, 261 N. Christina St: Built in 1867, this church is Sarnia’s oldest surviving church. Alexander Mackenzie, local resident and second Prime Minister of Canada, laid the cornerstone. The new building replaced the original sanctuary which was built in 1841 and subsequently destroyed. The steeple, pointed arches over the doors and windows, and the buttresses were coped from the Gothic design used in the cathedrals in Europe. The buttresses on this site are purely decorative and do not act as a means of support.
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Central United Church, 220 George St: This congregation has occupied four locations since 1830 when it started as a mission and school and church attended by both First Nations people and white settlers. The second church as taken over as a militia barracks before its first service could be held. The third building was destroyed by fire and the current building was built on its present location in 1882.
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The Henry T Ross Substation: corner of Water and Maxwell Streets. In 1880, this building was part of the Sarnia Consumers Gas Plant. This plant produced and marketed fuel gas for lighting and heating. In 1916, Ontario Hydro took over the electrical power production and Union Gas took over fuel gas production. Sarnia Consumers Gas or Sarnia Gas and Electric as it was then known ceased to exist and this building became an Ontario Power Generation sub station.
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Bluewater Ferry: Since the 1860s there has been a ferry in service across the St. Clair River. At times there was often competing businesses for ferry traffic that resulted in the unorthodox set up of passengers having to change boats in the middle of the river. Currently there are 2 ferries in the fleet. Ferry schedules and fees can be found at www.bluewaterferry.com
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If you are interested in checking out other homes of historical significance they are listed below:
166 Brock St
Misener House, 286 Vidal St
Carruthers House, 144 Maria St
McKellar – Carter House, 303 Brock St N
328 Brock St N
761 London Rd
312 Vidal St
197 Maria St
329 Mackenzie St
SL McKay House, 453 N. Christina St
Brogden House, 326 N. Vidal St
Colonel Mackenzie House, 308 N. Vidal St
Skilbeck House, 112 Maria St
Scott Building, 301 N, Christina St
Fleming House, 235 N. Vidal St.
LeSueur House, 240 N. Vidal St
Taylor House, 275 N. Brock St
Paton House, 283 N. Brock St
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