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A Brief History
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 | Hiram Walker built the first St. Mary's Church in 1870. |
| Our founder was born on a farm at East Douglas, Mass. in 1816. |
| Business entrepreneur, Detroit, aged 22. |
| Founded Walkerville and Hiram Walker and Sons
distillery in 1858. |
| Supported St. Mary's from 1874-1899. He was the ruling
influence in Walkerville from 1858 to 1890 when the town was incorporated.
He died in 1899. |
| His three sons followed him as presidents of the
distillery. In 1904 they erected the present St. Mary's as a memorial to
their parents, Hiram and Mary. |
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St.
Mary's Church, Sandwich Street
This Building stood on the south side of Riverside Drive just east of
Devonshire Road from 1870 to 1904.
Methodist services were held from 1870 to 1872, then closed. Reopened as St.
Mary's Anglican in 1874. Only place of worship in Walkerville until 1892
when Lincoln Avenue Methodist Church opened.
Razed in 1904 when the new St. Mary's memorial church was opened. |
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The parishioners of St. Mary's Church gathered
for the laying of the cornerstone on May 25, 1903.
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