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Duff’s Presbyterian Church/East Presbyterian Church - Digital Archive
The Digital Archive and complementary Interactive Heritage Register Map are initiatives to provide historical information regarding properties included on the Township’s Heritage Register. The Digital Archive only includes properties which have consented to include their heritage property on this archive.
The lands we know today as the Township of Puslinch have been home to
Indigenous peoples since time immemorial. We acknowledge that we are on the
traditional territory of the Hatiwendaronk, as well as the treaty lands and traditional
territory of the Anishinaabe and Haudenosaunee.
With increasing encroachment by non-Indigenous settlers in the Township of Puslinch, the Anishinaabe and Haudenosaunee could not continue their traditional lifestyle and settled in their villages along the Credit River and in the Grand River Valley. These Indigenous nations uphold their Treaty Rights within our jurisdiction.
Today, the Township of Puslinch remains home to Indigenous peoples from across Turtle Island. We are grateful to have the opportunity to share and respect Mother Earth and are committed to building constructive and cooperative relationships with Indigenous nations.
Duff’s Presbyterian Church/East Presbyterian Church
Biographical Info
The East Presbyterian Church in Puslinch was built in 1854 of Guelph dolomite. Dr. Alexander Duff was a zealous pioneer missionary from the Church of Scotland, who preached there, and the church was subsequently re-named “Duff’s Presbyterian Church.” In 1903, Morriston-based stonemason John Hingleman built a Norman-style tower with lancet windows into the entrance of the original one-storey stone structure, being notably sympathetic to the original stonework, and matching it as closely as possible. Gaelic services were held at the church until the late nineteenth century. The Crown Cemetery across the road is associated with the church, the original log church was on what is now cemetery property.
Duff’s Presbyterian Church is historically associated with Scottish immigration and culture, Gaelic language, and the Crown Cemetery, which is located directly across the road.
Categories: Decade Built – 1850s, Decade Plaqued – 2000s, Historical Association – Scottish/Scotland, Materials – Stone, One-storey