Holland Emmanuel Historical Church

• the prominent location

at the corner of Barr Street and Stewart Avenue, on a grassy site with several mature trees at the front and side

Key elements that define the exterior heritage character of Holland Emmanuel Historical Church include:

• the rectangular plan with an articulated chancel at the east end, a south porch comprising

a square entrance tower at the south-west corner, with doors in the south and west sides, and a small vestry

• the single storey with steeply-pitched shingled gable roof, with wood soffits and fascia boards,

and decorative raised panels separated by ornamented paired wooden brackets on the fascia boards

• the

organization of the main facade and its openings: a trio of tall lancet windows at the east and west fronts, with a blind oeil-de-boeuf in the west gable; pointed arched transoms over the main doors in the tower; three double lancet windows on the north and south sides (set in pairs within rectangular openings with elegant wood hood mouldings over the pair); the door on the north side and the single pointed window on the west side of the vestry; all windows with simple wood muntins in Gothic Revival pattern;

the simple wood mouldings around the window openings; the simple wood storm windows with raised patterns in the spandrels

-the double doors with four ornamented panels and original latch

• the three-stage tower

and its structural and ornamental features including: the lowest stage, with ornamental wooden buttresses;

the blind oeil-de-boeuf above each door; the frieze of ornament below the cornice, paired brackets at the corners; the middle stage, with central round-arched ventilators, blind round-headed arches formed of plain wood frames with raised wood "keystone" and corbels; and the steep octagonal spire with bell-cast base and four tall, narrow dormers with steeply-pointed roofs and pointed cloverleaf-arched top blind openings, etc.

• the simple ringed crosses at the gable peaks of the nave and of the chancel;

the weathervane on the spire

• the simple wood clapboard siding with cornerboards
• the fieldstone foundation

Key elements that define the church's interior include:

• the plan consisting of the small south porch

and north vestry, with a single undivided worship space with a central aisle and narrower, raised chancel

- the wide, pointed wood arches supporting the ceiling, and their decorative corbels

• the simple wood

mouldings surrounding the door and window openings and the chancel arch

• the leaded glass windows

- the smooth, white-painted walls and dark-stained woodwork and tongue-and-groove ceiling and wainscoting;

the painted wood floor with decorative central vent

• the ecclesiastical furniture including the wood

pews, choir stalls, chairs, pulpit and reading desk; etc.