Grace Church, Toronto, ON

Over time, as hospitals, armories, factories, and office buildings occupied the area surrounding the church, and very few members of the congregation lived within the parish boundaries, it was decided that the church should relocate to a new site. After much deliberation in 1911, property in the Hill District, or College Heights as it was originally called, on the northwest corner of Russell Hill Road and Lonsdale Road, was purchased from Lawrence Baldwin. In early December, 1911, the first services were held in Grace Church in the old frame building of Christ Church, Deer Park, which had been purchased for $300 and pulled by horses along Lonsdale from Yonge Street to Russell Hill. The organ, altar, font, and pulpit were transferred from Elm Street. The same font now occupies a prominent spot just inside the main doors of the church and is used regularly for all baptisms.