Island Heritage Buildings Book (1987)

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Salt
Spring
Island

SALT
SPRING
—
1
Location
:
At
Central
,
the
intersection
of
North
End
,
Upper
Canges
,
and
Lower
Canges
Roads
Date
Built
:
1896
Builder
:
A
community
effort
Historical
Notes
:
One
of
the
first
communities
to
spring
up
on
Salt
Spring
Island
was
Central
Settlement
,
inland
from
Vesuvius
.
Here
were
located
the
island
'
s
first
school
(
"
Vesuvius
School
"
,
1864
)
,
first
post
office
(
1875
)
,
first
community
hall
,
and
first
"
gaol
"
(
jail
)
.
One
of
the
island
'
s
early
stores
(
Bittancourt
'
s
)
,
churches
(
St
.
Mark
'
s
,
1889
)
,
and
boarding
houses
(
Stevens
'
,
1887
)
were
also
located
nearby
.
In
1896
the
original
log
community
hall
was
replaced
with
this
new
frame
building
.
Rev
.
E
.
F
.
Wilson
wrote
:
"
Ourfirst
'
Agriculture
Show
'
was
held
October
14
,
1896
,
the
new
Public
Hall
near
our
house
having
just
been
built
.
"
For
years
the
hall
was
flanked
on
one
side
by
Vesuvius
School
,
and
on
the
other
by
the
jail
(
both
now
gone
)
.
The
old
cemetery
(
called
"
Ganges
"
or
"
Union
"
Cemetery
)
,
the
final
resting
place
of
many
island
pioneers
,
is
located
directly
behind
the
hail
.
In
about
1977
Central
Hall
was
both
renovated
(
plumbing
finally
added
!
)
and
enlarged
,
by
the
addition
of
two
small
wings
(
one
a
kitchen
)
and
a
front
porch
.
A
stage
and
wheelchair
ramp
were
also
added
,
and
the
foundation
renewed
.
Today
,
Central
Hall
is
not
only
a
well
-
known
landmark
(
one
of
Salt
Spring
'
s
oldest
public
buildings
)
,
but
a
well
-
used
centre
of
community
activity
at
the
north
end
of
the
island
.
Sources
of
Information
:
—
Ed
Bettiss
,
foreman
of
the
renovation
project
(
see
SALT
SPRING
—
21
)
.
—
Snapshots
of
Early
Salt
Spring
,
pp
.
11
,
43
,
60
-
61
,
110
,
126
.
—
Times
Past
,
pp
.
5
,
41
-
42
.
—
Rev
.
E
.
F
.
Wilson
'
s
diary
/
joumai
,
1868
-
1908
.
Photocopy
on
file
at
the
Provincial
Archives
of
B
.
C
.
—
Mrs
.
Mary
(
Purdy
)
Inglin
,
long
-
time
island
resident
.
>
*
»
:
St
zz
-
-
Central
Hall
(
1984
photo
)
.
49

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•
Mark
'
s
Anglican
Church
(
1984
photo
.
)
SALT
SPRING
—
2
Location
:
North
End
Road
,
near
Central
Date
Built
:
1889
-
1892
Builder
:
Samuel
Beddis
and
his
son
Charles
Historical
Notes
:
Construction
commmencedon
Salt
Spring
'
s
first
Anglican
church
in
1889
on
land
donated
by
Mr
.
and
Mrs
.
Henry
Stevens
.
The
work
was
all
donated
,
as
were
the
materials
.
The
lumber
was
brought
by
scow
from
Vancouver
Island
to
Vesuvius
Bay
and
hauled
from
there
to
the
church
site
by
ox
team
.
The
main
structure
was
completed
in
1890
,
but
the
fini

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