Cornwall Community Museum In The Wood House at the waterfront, Cornwall, Ontario, Canada Posted by: Cornwall Community Museum | April 11, 2016 110 R.C.S.C.C. Stormont: Evolving since 1953 (https://cornwallcommunitymuseum.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/mountain-memorial-garden-ca- 1950-enh_wm.jpg) October 25, 1952 saw the dedication of the new 144′ x 62′ Trinity Parish Hall. The building of the new hall left the Mountain Memorial Hall at 204 Augustus Street available for other uses. The older one storey building was built with funds donated by the Rev. Jacob J.S. Mountain in 1884 and it was raised in 1908 in order to install a concrete basement to accommodate the growing parish. On February 19, 1953, the parish entered into an agreement with the Navy League of Canada to make the hall available part-time to the Sea Cadets for $40 per month. Others using the hall included St. John’s Ambulance Corps, a Senior Citizens Club and the Y.W.C.A.
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In The Wood House at the waterfront, Cornwall, Ontario, Canada Posted by: Cornwall Community Museum | April 11, 2016
110 R.C.S.C.C. Stormont: Evolving since 1953
(https://cornwallcommunitymuseum.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/mountain-memorial-garden-ca-1950-enh_wm.jpg)October 25, 1952 saw the dedication of the new 144′ x 62′ Trinity Parish Hall. Thebuilding of the new hall left the Mountain Memorial Hall at 204 Augustus Street available for otheruses. The older one storey building was built with funds donated by the Rev. Jacob J.S. Mountain in1884 and it was raised in 1908 in order to install a concrete basement to accommodate the growingparish.
On February 19, 1953, the parish entered into an agreement with the Navy League of Canada to makethe hall available part-time to the Sea Cadets for $40 per month. Others using the hall included St.John’s Ambulance Corps, a Senior Citizens Club and the Y.W.C.A.
(https://cornwallcommunitymuseum.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/1953-04-14_warrantpresented_cr_wm.jpg)On April 14, 1953, after about a year of laying groundwork, JamesTurney, Chairman of the Cornwall Sea Cadet Committee, received the official warrant establishingR.C.S.C.C. Stormont. Presenting the warrant is J.F. Jefferies, C.D., R.C.N. Looking on in the center ofthe photograph is Commanding Officer Lt. Louis J. Desjardins. The presentation took place at NavyHouse in Trinity Church’s Mountain Memorial Hall.
In 1958, Mountain Memorial Hall was being used by the Conservatory of Music of Cornwall, havingbeen leased for ten years at $120 per year. On May 22, 1962, Mountain Memorial Hall burned and wasa total loss. It was the regular night for choir practice (apparently the youth choir rehearsed there andthen joined the adults in the church) and Scouts, but fortunately the choir was in the church and theScouts were outside. The Scouts helped rescue church records from the office, which was located inthe old hall.
(https://cornwallcommunitymuseum.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/beek-lindsay-house_wm.jpg)Beek Lindsay House seniors’ apartments are located on that site today.
(https://cornwallcommunitymuseum.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/1953-06_outsidenavyhouse_regattafixedcr.jpg)In the photo, cadets are outside Navy House on their way tothe Kingston Regatta.
(https://cornwallcommunitymuseum.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/inside-navy-house_wm.jpg)Navy House served as the Corps’ base of operations for training and special eventsuntil the fall of 1958.
(https://cornwallcommunitymuseum.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/location_sa_2013-04-25-15-04-43_wm.jpg)During the Corps’ time at Navy House, we also found a few references to them makinguse of three other buildings. The Corps had space in the basement of the second Salvation ArmyCitadel at 9 First St. W. A public parking lot behind Melody Music store is on that site today.
(https://cornwallcommunitymuseum.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/1957-05-19_inspection_0001-dfcr_ltpfilionguardofcr_wm.jpg)The Corps paraded at the Dominion Store parking lot at 120/130Augustus.
(https://cornwallcommunitymuseum.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/1955-12-21_swappingroles_wm.jpg)And had Christmas dinners at St. Paul’s Church Beach Hall (1955 above).
(https://cornwallcommunitymuseum.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/location_stpaulswinter_wm.jpg)Paul’s Church was located at 46 1st St. E., with the attached hall directly behind it, visible fromSydney Street. Today the site houses the east end of the Cornwall Square Parking garage.
(https://cornwallcommunitymuseum.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/location_museum_70pittstreet_cr_wm.jpg)Corps also had space in the Snetsinger building on the southwest corner of Pitt at First Street. Thebuilding succumbed to fire. A municipal parking lot operates on that site now.
(https://cornwallcommunitymuseum.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/1958-10-16_rentforstcolumbanhall_df_wm.jpg)In this photo, taken on October 16, 1958, the Legion presenteda cheque to cover a year’s rent at the former St. Columban’s Hall at 444 Pitt Street. The presentationwas repeated a year later. The Legion stepped up to the plate when Navy League was experiencingsome difficulty covering all of the corps’ expenses.
(https://cornwallcommunitymuseum.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/site-of-old-st-col-and-legion_wm.jpg)The old St. Columban’s Hall was replaced by the Parish Centre in 1962 (now largelyused by Agape) and eventually torn down.
(https://cornwallcommunitymuseum.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/location_museum_lawnleblancturnerbldg_wm.jpg)a time, they were on the third floor of the Lawn, Leblanc and Turner building in the Princess AliceHall. The building was destroyed by fire in the winter of 1963. The photo above was taken prior tothe third floor addition that housed the Princess Alice Hall. Lawn’s Smoke Shop and Lawn’s PoolHall were housed in the same building. The entire complex was destroyed by fire. This south eastcorner of Pitt at First Street houses the Cornwall Square parking garage today.
(https://cornwallcommunitymuseum.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/1965-02-25-8x10-ca_wm.jpg)OnFebruary 25 1965, the Corps’ new head quarters in the basement of the Post Office, was officiallyopened. The Cornwall Public Library occupies the building today. In the above photo are Lt. PhilFilion C.O., Lucien Lamoureux M.P., Ed Riviere Legion President, Mrs. Lamoureux, Rev. Walter OhrtCorps’ Chaplain and Lt. J. Jackson A.O.
Lt. William Denniston X.O. credited the M.P.’s efforts largely for the success in obtaining moresuitable quarters. The Legion bore the brunt of the cost of the needed renovations.
(https://cornwallcommunitymuseum.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/making-way-for-cs_wm.jpg)Until 1968, most years the Corps enjoyed Christmas Dinner at Beach Hall followed by acadet party at headquarters. To make room for the Cornwall Square which opened in 1969, BeachHall was one of the buildings demolished in that block. Beginning in 1968, the Christmas Dinnerswere relocated to the Masonic Hall on Second St. East for a time.
(https://cornwallcommunitymuseum.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/glens0003cr_wm.jpg)Since 1969the Stormont Corps has enjoyed the spacious and well-suited facilities at the Cornwall Armoury.
(https://cornwallcommunitymuseum.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/herecomethegirls_wm.jpg)LtPhil Filion overseeing the first group of female Sea Cadet applicants on April 8, 1975.
This post was inspired by and excerpted from a book commemorating 110 Stormont’s 60thAnniversary in 2013. The book was edited by Don Smith and the product of research conducted bylocal historians Don Smith and John Bulloch. The book includes most of these photos and manyothers, obtained from a variety of sources including the SD&G Historical Society Archives, DougFraser’s photo albums, a negative from Ran-Gal Photos and a commemorative book on TrinityChurch.
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