Directions:  On Dundas Street, east of Huron and Wilson Streets.

Address: 723 Dundas Street, Woodstock N4S 1E8
Phone: (519) 537-3912

Year Built: 1834

Website: www.execulink.com/~osp/

Help celebrate this church’s 175th anniversary! St. Paul’s was constructed in 1834 in the Georgian style, but later expansions were fashionably Gothic. When visiting, watch for both styles.

It was financed through the efforts of Admiral Henry Vansittart, and constructed under the direction of his agent, Captain Andrew Drew R.N. Buried in the cemetery behind the church are the remains of Vansittart's family - the founder of Woodstock. The Admiral also pledged maintenance of its first incumbent, the Rev. William Bettridge, who served the congregation from 1834-79.

The church was consecrated in 1838 by Bishop G. J. Mountain. The bell in the tower came from England and is dated 1832. The chancel was added to the original structure in 1843 and the transepts in 1851. Marvel over distinctive plaques, windows, box pews and fading gravestones, and learn about the tower room, used as a jail for prisoners captured by local militia during the Rebellion of 1837.

Old St. Paul's Church is both an active worship centre and a beautiful historic building with lots of interesting history - local, provincial, and national. The church with its box pews and unique architecture and the cemetery which closed in 1879, preserve a glimpse back to the life and society in Upper Canada of the 1800s.