{"id":18522,"date":"2016-08-05T17:31:20","date_gmt":"2016-08-05T21:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huntsville.dopperonline.ca\/?p=18522"},"modified":"2016-08-08T17:34:01","modified_gmt":"2016-08-08T21:34:01","slug":"will-fate-huntsvilles-historic-madill-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/will-fate-huntsvilles-historic-madill-church\/","title":{"rendered":"What will be the fate of Huntsville&#8217;s historic Madill Church?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 14px;\"><strong> <broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45658\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/div>\n<p>Reports have been circulating on social media that Huntsville&#8217;s historic Madill Church, built in 1873, is up for demolition. But its fate is still to be determined.<\/p>\n<p>The Town of Huntsville&#8217;s Manager of Development Process, Kirstin Maxwell, confirmed that the town has not received an application for demolition of the property. And if it does, the matter will be passed to the Heritage Committee for consideration as the church is on the town&#8217;s list of Properties of Heritage Interest.<\/p>\n<p>Once the matter is before the committee, they have 90 days to make a recommendation to Town Council which will then have to decide whether to permit the demolition or to step in in some way to prevent it.<\/p>\n<p>A Facebook post by Trinity United Church Reverend Derek Shelly about the church&#8217;s possible demolition prompted a flurry of supportive comments for retaining the church intact. The post read: &#8220;Just received notification that the Madill Church (orginal log cabin structure) Trustees have received permission to demolish the building &#8211; likely in the next year (unless someone finds they may want it or preserve it.) Fewer and fewer people seem to be willing to put in the necessary work.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A member of the church&#8217;s board of trustees could not be reached for comment as of publication time. Doppler will continue to follow up on the matter.<\/p>\n<p>The church was completed in 1873. It received a Built and Cultural Heritage Award from the Muskoka Conservancy in 2007.<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: Please see the statement from the church&#8217;s Board of Trustees <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/board-trustees-clarifies-state-madill-church\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18523\" src=\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2016\/08\/Madill-Church-plaque.jpg\" alt=\"Madill Church plaque\" width=\"1404\" height=\"1223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2016\/08\/Madill-Church-plaque-300x261.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2016\/08\/Madill-Church-plaque-768x669.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2016\/08\/Madill-Church-plaque-1024x892.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2016\/08\/Madill-Church-plaque.jpg 1404w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1404px) 100vw, 1404px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A plaque outside the Madill Church describes some of its history<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Don&#8217;t miss out on Doppler! 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