Key Number:	HS 43828
Site Name:	St. Helen's Anglican Church
Other Names:	Stellaville Anglican Church
Site Type:	1603 - Religious: Church, Cathedral or Chapel

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			49	8	4

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Exterior:	St. Helen's Anglican Church in Stellavile is a good example of a vernacular Carpenter Gothic style of building which draws upon elements of the Gothic Revival Style so popular with the Church of england Community. Hallmarks of this particular version include a crenellated tower that has been covered with a gable roof; a sharply pitched roof over the nave; pointed arch windows and entrance door; and the extensive use of wood. The church was constructed using a traditional wood framing methods based on traditional framing methods of construction. The foundation was constaructed of stone rubble on a rise of land. The frame is rough-cut demensional lumber layered on teh esterior with sheating and horizontal beveled siding. The roof is finished in asphalt shingles. Brick chimney on a bracket that rests on the vestibule wall frame.
Interior:	The interior is layered with a "Beaverboard" which is a compressed paper material imitating plaster finishes. The floor is constructed of rough-cut joists, a subfloor of one inch material and, fir tongue and groove finished floor.
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Church	1912/01/01
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History:	History: When the Barr Colony was established in the area around Lloydminster in 1903, incentive was given for other people of British origin to take up homesteads in the surrounding region. Agricultural settlement was made even more viable when lands to the west of the colony began to be surveyed for homestead in 1904, the same year when tracks of the Canadian Northern Railway were extended west of the new settlement of Lloydminster on their way to Edmonton. with this development, sidings were erected along the rail line, several of which quickly evolved into communities. Among these was Manville, which was incorporated as a village in 1906. It served a large agricultural hinterland between the British settlement to the east and a large number of Ukrainians now farming to the west. Out from the rail line, smaller communities emerged, providing the new settlers with commercial, religious, educational and social services. One of these came to be known as Stellaville, located just southeast of Mannville on Tp49, R8, W4, close to the old Battleford - Edmonton Trail. It was named after Stella Vincent, the first white child to be born in the district. In 1909, a school district was incorporated there, and, two years alter, a post office. In 1912, an Anglican Church was constructed with assistance from the Colonial and Continental Church Society in England. It was built with volunteer labour on land donated by Percy Fielding, a distant descendant of Sir Henry Fielding. Percy Fielding also donated the land adjacent to the church to be used for a cemetery. In 1913, St. Helen's Church was consecrated as part of the Anglican Diocese of Saskatchewan. Its first pastor was E.H. Webb. Though Stellaville did not develop into a commercial center, it did serve as a social focal point for the district population, which remained mainly British. In 1916, a community hall was erected not far from the church. It was the church, however, which would emerge as the landmark for the district and become the principal structural reminder of the first wave of settlement. Though its congregations dwindled over the years, with many of the district parishioners preferring to attend services in Mannville or vermilion, St. Helen's at Stellaville continued to be kept up; its cemetery remained the preferred choice for the burial for many of the district' first settlers and also their descendants. especially cherished over the years were the stained glass windows that had been imported from Italy; these were located to the Anglican Church in Vermilion in 1976. Today, St. Helen's Church at Stellaville continues to serve as a remainder of the first wave of settlement to this district. The Stellaville Historical Society currently maintains it.

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