This church-- originally called the West Dumfries Chapel but now known as the Paris Plains Church-- is featured in a book I have called Top 150 Unusual Things to See in Ontario. I feel like I have probably posted other things from this book in the past, though I'm not sure what just now. Maybe I'll have to have a scroll through my project sometime soon and see!
Anyway, this little church is not far outside of my city. It's on a quiet backroad between Cambridge and the small town of Paris. The sign/plaque at the front reads, in part "Built by the free labour of its own congregation with stones gathered from nearby fields, the West Dumfries Chapel was completed and dedicated in 1845. It is a fine example of a type of cobblestone construction seldom found elsewhere in Canada, and inroduced into this area about 1838 by Levi Boughton, an American builder."
Apparently Mr. Boughton was an immigrant from Rochester, New York and the style of construction he introduced here is actually ancient Roman in origin. Supposedly little Paris is the centre for this type of construction in Canada, although I don't personally know where to find much of it other than this church-- a place of which I'm particularly fond.
Nice. I thought that looked like cobblestone, pretty similiar to the church in Middleport. Rochester is about 30 miles east from Middleport, I wonder if Levi had anything to do with our church.
More as a reminder for myself than anything else, here are other things I've posted that are in the 150 book (but if anyone seeing this is interested, of course feel free to check them out):
Lovely capture
Pioneer Tower, Kitchener -> https://365project.org/princessicajessica/365/2022-01-15
Sheave Tower, Cambridge -> https://365project.org/princessicajessica/365/2022-01-26
Covered Bridge, West Montrose -> https://365project.org/princessicajessica/365/2023-02-01
Grimsby Beach Neighbourhood, Grimsby -> https://365project.org/princessicajessica/365/2023-03-25
HMCS Ojibwa, Port Burwell -> https://365project.org/princessicajessica/365/2023-10-28
Fort Mississauga, Niagara-on-the-Lake -> https://365project.org/princessicajessica/365/2023-11-26