Zion Church Cultural Centre – originally Zion Primitive Methodist Church

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Zion Church Cultural Centre, originally Zion Primitive Methodist Church, is located at 1650 Finch Ave E (at Skymark Dr on the northwest corner, east of Don Mills Rd) in the Hillcrest Village neighbourhood of North York, Toronto.

Built in 1873, the church was designed in the Gothic Revival style and features patterned red and white brick.

The former church received heritage status from the City of Toronto and from Ontario Heritage Trust in 1980. In the late 1990s, the building became the city-operated Zion Church Cultural Centre.

The connected one-acre cemetery officially closed to burials in 1972.

Zion Church Cultural Centre Photos   

2020 – Once the Zion Primitive Methodist Church, now Zion Church Cultural Centre at 1650 Finch Ave E at Skymark Dr, northwest corner - notice the red and white patterned brick buttresses, chimneys and belfry
2020 – Once the Zion Primitive Methodist Church, now Zion Church Cultural Centre at 1650 Finch Ave E at Skymark Dr, northwest corner – notice the red and white patterned brick buttresses, chimneys and belfry
1957 – Zion Primitive Methodist Church looking northwest, now Zion Church Cultural Centre at 1650 Finch Ave E, east of Don Mills Rd
1957 – Zion Primitive Methodist Church looking northwest, now Zion Church Cultural Centre at 1650 Finch Ave E, east of Don Mills Rd (Toronto Public Library r-6150)
2020 – Zion Church Cultural Centre at 1650 Finch Ave E
2020 – Zion Church Cultural Centre at 1650 Finch Ave E
1955 – Looking northeast towards Zion Primitive Methodist Church and its cemetery at 1650 Finch Ave E at Skymark Dr
1955 – Looking northeast towards Zion Primitive Methodist Church and its cemetery at 1650 Finch Ave E at Skymark Dr (Toronto Public Library 2001-2-100)
2020 - Looking northeast towards the former Zion Primitive Methodist Church and cemetery - notice the gravestone for the Scarce family
2020 – Looking northeast towards the former Zion Primitive Methodist Church and cemetery – notice the gravestone for the Scarce family
2020 – The south facade of Zion Church Cultural Centre at 1650 Finch Ave E
2020 – The south facade of Zion Church Cultural Centre at 1650 Finch Ave E
2020 – The sign for the Zion Primitive Methodist Church dated 1873, at today's Zion Church Cultural Centre at 1650 Finch Ave E
2020 – The sign for the Zion Primitive Methodist Church dated 1873, at today’s Zion Church Cultural Centre at 1650 Finch Ave E
2020 - Looking east towards Zion Primitive Methodist Church and cemetery, at today's Zion Church Cultural Centre
2020 – Looking east towards Zion Primitive Methodist Church and cemetery, at today’s Zion Church Cultural Centre
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