St. Mary’s Anglican Church – 134 River St
This red brick church was built in the spring of 1874. The bricks came from the Cannington brickyard and were supplied by William Weatherall and John Wakelin. The masonry work was done by William Bacon, Charles Spearin and Mr. Reed. This building is one of the oldest structures in the village. The land for the rectory was donated by James Doble, who was a banker and owned many building lots in town. The rectory was located at the corner of Church Street South and Jones street on the northeast corner, and it was used by the ministers until about 1942.
At that time, four Anglican churches used the same minister for their services. The rectory was sold about 1990 to fund the new Town hall edition. The new parish hall behind the church was opened April 26, 1990. The new hall had a kitchen, washrooms and a full basement. At one time the minister’s charge included Cannington, All Saints, Sunderland, St. Mary’s, St. James, West Brock and the Anglican Church in Beaverton.
The building closed about 2003 as the congregation became too small to support the church and the facility was sold by the Anglican Syonode in Toronto. The cemetery for this church is west on Concession 6 River street to Durham Road 23. It’s called Thompson Cemetery.
2. Saint Andrews United Church – 10 Church St N
3. Sunderland Town Hall – 120 River St
4. Dr. Joseph Henry Oliver Home – 128 River St
5. St. Mary’s Anglican Church – 134 River St
6. Dr. James McDermott Home – 160 River St
7. The Fogg House – 198 River St
8. The Blacksmith Shop – 135 River St
9. The Nipissing House Hotel – 123 River St
10. Stop 4 Variety – 111 River St
11. The Old Drug Store – 108 River St
12. The Gigantic Hand Saw, Guardian Pharmacy – 103 River St
13. Flindell’s Fresh Mart – 97 River St
14. The Beall Block – 93 River St
15. The Harness Shop – 89 River St
16. Taylor’s Store – 85 River St
17. The William Doble Home – 32 Albert St
18. The Sunderland Presbyterian Church – 5 Albert St
19. Doyle’s General Store – 3 Albert St
20. The McDermott Block – 1 Albert Street S
21. The Sunderland Telephone Company. – 63 River St
22. James Doble Home – 3 Cedar St S
23. William Nassau Doble Home – 12 River St
24. Thomas Welsh Home – 20 River St
25. Robert Doble Home – 48 River St
26. The Bank – River Street (CIBC) – 74 River St
27. The Brock House Hotel – 82 River St
28. The Hardware Store – 92 River St
29. The Early Undertaker – 96 River St
30. The Printing Shop – 98 River St
31. The Magic Door – 100 River St
32. The Sunderland Legion – 104 River St
33. 108 River Street – 108 River Street
34. Freeze Creamery – 5 Church St N
35. The Sunderland Memorial Arena 1948-2009 – 20 Park St