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Salvation Army, Grand Falls
Early 1900s
Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland, Canada

Credits:
Grand Falls Windsor, A Place and its People, Published by: Grand Falls-Windsor Heritage Society Inc. 2005

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The Church of England, Grand Falls:

The Church of England congregation, presently worshipping out of Holy Trinity Anglican Church, has a long and illustrious history. Initially, this congregation was governed from the Island of Exploits. Then, in August of 1911, a parish was established at Grand Falls to include Millertown, Millertown Junction, and Badger. During 1906 and 1907, visits were made by the Reverend Llewellyn Godden from Exploits. The first recorded Church of England service was held on Sept. 8, 1907 and was conducted by the Reverend Henry Uphill.

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The Church of England, Grand Falls
Circa 1916
Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland, Canada

Credits:
Grand Falls Windsor, A Place and its People, Published by: Grand Falls-Windsor Heritage Society Inc. 2005

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Roman Catholicism, Grand Falls

The presence of the Roman Catholic Church in Grand Falls was first established by the Very Reverend Gregory J. Battcock, parish priest of Whitbourne, who visited regularly. The first child baptized into the Catholic faith was in a little shack owned by Martin Gardner of Millertown. On Oct. 15, 1907, land was purchased from the A.N.D. Company on which to build a chapel, the site of which later became the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception.

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Roman Catholicism, Grand Falls
Early 1900's
Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland, Canada

Credits:
Grand Falls Windsor, A Place and its People, Published by: Grand Falls-Windsor Heritage Society Inc. 2005

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Church Road
1916
Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland, Canada

Credits:
Grand Falls Windsor, A Place and its People, Published by: Grand Falls-Windsor Heritage Society Inc. 2005

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Schools

The first school was built in 1905 on a site which is now near 43 Carmelite Road. Construction began in December, and the building opened shortly afterwards. From the start, the company provided the school buildings and augmented teacher salaries in an effort to attract the most capable ones to the town. The first five amalgamated schools were built entirely at the company's expense. All children, regardless of religion or social status, went to the first school, under principal Annie Crocker. When Crocker left the school in September, 1906, there were 15 students enrolled. George Hicks was then named headmaster and remained so until 1912. As the numbers increased, the need for new facilities for Protestant children was met by the opening of a new building on High Street on February 11, 1911. This was the first of three buildings erected side-by-side on this site as the Grand Falls Academy complex.

In 1910, Father Dwyer, the first Roman Catholic priest, came to Grand Falls. The Roman Catholic population was growing so it decided to set up its own school which was named Notre Dame Academy. This decision marked the beginning of separate education systems for Protestants and Catholics.

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Schools
Early 1900s
Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland, Canada

Credits:
Grand Falls Windsor Heritage Society

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GFA Kindergarten Class
1947-48
Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland, Canada

Credits:
Grand Falls Windsor Heritage Society
Verna Culleton

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Grand Falls Academy
Early 1900s
Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland, Canada

Credits:
Grand Falls Windsor, A Place and its People, Published by: Grand Falls-Windsor Heritage Society Inc. 2005

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Courthouse

When the new post office building was built on High Street, it also contained a court house, a customs office, a two-cell jail and a magistrate's office. The building was heated by a coal-burning furnace, and the officers had to make sure that it didn't go out at night. This impressive stone building remained in service until the 1960s.

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Courthouse
Early 1900s
Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland, Canada

Credits:
Grand Falls Windsor Heritage Society

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Staff House (Carmelite House)

The A.N.D. Company's Staff House was built in 1905 and had 12 rooms. It was papered and decorated by Winfield Wells and run by Mr. and Mrs. George MacPherson. Prior to 1908, the Church of England held services in the Staff House. In 1929, the Staff House was relocated across the street. The new Staff House was built by Tom Brown, and bricks for the exterior were imported from Scotland. It was a commodious three-storey building of steel and fireproof tile, built on concrete foundation with all the walls and ceiling plastered throughout. It measured 6,300 square feet, with 56 rooms, including a dining room, two large sitting rooms, 41 bedrooms, and six bathrooms. Each bedroom had hot and cold running water, and a steam pipe, which ran from the mill's boiler house and which provided hot water and radiation heat for the entire house. This building often housed many company officials of the mill along with transient visitors.

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Staff House (Carmelite House)
Early 1900s
Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland, Canada

Credits:
Grand Falls Windsor, A Place and its People, Published by: Grand Falls-Windsor Heritage Society Inc. 2005
Photograph by E.I. Bishop