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Puslinch Mennonite Church/United Brethren 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.
Puslinch Mennonite Church/United Brethren Church
Biographical Info
The United Brethren Church, also known as the “Cross Roads Church,” was built in 1874. The red brick schoolhouse-style structure was built on land which originally belonged to John Cober. The front-gabled church is representative of a nineteenth-century rural church, and has been used for many religious denominations over the years. The adjoined cemetery, called “Cross Roads Cemetery,” has its first recorded burial in 1867; however, it is unknown when the cemetery was first opened, as many different denominations have used the site for burials. Today, a few headstones remain to the west of the main church building.
The property is historically associated with Mennonite and Baptist settlement, the Penn-German dialect, and various religious practice in Puslinch. Today, the building is known as “Cross Roads Be in Christ Church,” under the denomination, “Be in Christ Church of Canada.”
Categories: Decade Built – 1870s, Decade Plaqued – 2000s, Historical Association – German/Germany, Materials – Brick, One-storey, Schoolhouse Style