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St. Partick's Church Museum
One review for St. Partick's Church Museum
1 review in English
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Review from Brian S.
11/12/2009 17 photos
A cool old church
with a little
something
extra
St. Patrick's Church Museum is the oldest Catholic church on Cape Breton island and was build in 1828. It's a strange combination of stone and wood built in an old Gothic style of architecture, complete with an ancient cemetery in the back. It changed a bit throughout the years, a balcony was added and some other additions inside, but the building looks pretty much as it did when it was built.
The old building continued to serve as a church until the 1950's when it was decided it was just too small. The Old Sydney Society took it over and began restoring it as part of their movement to revive the historical part of Sydney and was opened as a museum.
The church has only one room but it's certainly is a spooky one room. Austere stone walls and a open beam ceiling, with old artifacts added for color. The guy taking the toonies and loonies inside the church was pretty spooky too. Very friendly and knowledgeable but had a certain way of talking that added to the experience.
He seemed to enjoy telling the history of the church, especially the part where people restoring the church found three bodies buried under the floor. As he so eloquently verbalized, "Exactly who they are and why they were put there is now know only to God." Amen.Listed in: In the wild, wild north
