Holy Trinity Anglican Church () is a large historic

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style

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church building located at 173 Gosford Road (173, chemin Gosford) in the village of Maple Grove in Irlande, Quebec, near

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in the

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. It was designed by noted

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architects Louis Auguste Amos and Alfred Arthur Cox of the firm Amos and Arthur and was built of wood between 1902 and 1904 by local craftsmen Its steep pitched roof and

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s are typical of Carpenter Gothic churches. Adjacent to the church are its historic cemetery and its historic stone

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(le presbytère). The cemetery is still active and is maintained by the ''Maple Grove Anglican Cemetery Foundation''. The rectory is a

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called ''Manoir d'Irlande''. The church is no longer active, but is still consecrated and is opened several times a year for services including a reunion in August. In 2003, the

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gave a 99-year lease on the church to the Maple Grove Heritage Foundation, which is in the process of doing restoration work. The first project completed has been the restoration of the

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windows. Église Holy Trinity de Maple Grove listing (in French) in Canada's Historic Places
/ref> Manoir d'Irlande website
/ref> Because of its architecture and its significance in the history of the area, it was designated a municipal

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by the

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of Irlande on January 17, 2006.

References

External links

Quebec Heritage News: Maple Grove Foundation receives grant
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