Claude Presbyterian Church

The Claude Presbyterian Church is associated with the Scottish settlers who established the former crossroads hamlet of Claude. The church was built in 1870 across the road from the site of the original frame church, which had been built in 1850 on land donated by the Robinsons, a prominent Claude family. Distinguished by its tall spire, the Claude Presbyterian Church is one of the most visible landmarks in the Town of Caledon.

The Claude Presbyterian Church is an elegant, rectangular structure of dichromatic brick with its tower and spire fronting onto Hurontario Street. The square tower features louvered springs, stone capped false buttresses and gothic windows on three sides. It is capped with four small corner turrets where it transitions into the spire. Four sides of the tower have elongated window and ventilation openings topped with wrought iron crosses. The gable roof nave features false buttresses capped with cut stone. Almost all windows and doors throughout the original building maintain a pointed head and radiating buff brick voussoirs. Holding with the common church style window, the four windows on the north and south elevations contain stained glass. In the 1880s two red brick entrances were added, flanking the centre entrance at the base of the tower. In 1915, a red brick addition was built across the rear of the church, forming a T.