GALLERY: Demolition begins at 63-year-old church site

Motorists in the central part of town will notice that crews have begun the demolition process at Holy Trinity Church.

A familiar building to many in the Sault for the last 63 years, the now former Holy Trinity is being taken down in preparation for the construction of a nine-storey, 108-unit apartment complex.

As SooToday reported last month, church goers enjoyed one final bittersweet service at the Northern Avenue place of worship on June 16. Their congregation will attend services next door at the Trinity Centre until a new church is constructed on the main level of the future affordable housing complex. 

That centre, along with the church, are owned by the Cara Community Corporation — a non-profit housing corporation founded by Holy Trinity’s congregation in 1979.

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An Anglican Church of Canada, Holy Trinity has served the Sault since 1918 when its first service was held in a little white church at Huckson’s Corners, Tarentorus that was used for the next 43 years.

In 1959, sod was turned for the church building before a new wing was added on the west side of the structure in 1986, which includes Holy Trinity's distinctive white cross.

It was that west side of the building SooToday photographed demolition crews taking down on Tuesday. 

Aside from the property being fenced off for safety, there are currently no disruptions to pedestrian or roadway traffic.

The timeline for the future apartment complex is currently undetermined.