Campden in Lincoln in Niagara Region, Ontario — Central Canada (North America)

Campden Trinity Evangelical United Brethren Church and Campden Public School

Photographed by Kevin Westell, July 11, 2025

1. Campden Trinity Evangelical United Brethren Church and Campden Public School - Marker

Inscription. By 1876, Campden, which was originally known as Moyer's Corners, was a small nearly self-sufficient community of about 150 inhabitants. It had its own doctor, two general stores, a shoe shop, several blacksmiths, a cabinet maker, a cigar factory, a funeral home, a furniture establishment, a chopping mill, a pottery shop, an apple-pressing business, a tinsmith, two churches, a hotel and a school.

Campden Trinity Evangelical United Brethren Church is a one-story brick building with a broad gable roof and a basement foundation made from local limestone. It features gothic arched stain glass windows and brick-work detailing below the roof line and above each of the windows. The church was built in 1872 to accommodate a growing congregation and constructed at the direction of the Evangelical United Brethren Board of Church Trustees whose members included Samuel Fry, Jacob Moyer and Abraham Moyer. The Church served the community from 1872 until 2006. Following intermittent use by others as a place of worship, the Church was converted to a residence in 2016.

Campden Public School was built in 1875 at the direction

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of the School Section No. 6 Trustees and represented a high standard in school construction. It was a large school for its time and exceeded many of the prevailing nineteenth century provincial requirements. Its most notable features included the gingerbread trim, decorative brackets, two chimneys and an elaborate belfry.

The Campden School and Evangelical United Brethren Church are two of the lasting landmarks of Moyer's Corners. They continue to mark the eastern entrance to Campden and contribute to the special character of the community.

Erected by Town of Lincoln.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Education • Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical year for this entry is 1872.

Location. 43° 8.107′ N, 79° 25.869′ W. Marker is in Lincoln, Ontario, in Niagara Region. It is in Campden. It is at the intersection of Fly Road and University Street, on the right when traveling east on Fly Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 4160 Fly Road, Lincoln ON L0R 1G0, Canada. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on Ontario’s Golden Horseshoe

Marker in context image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Kevin Westell, July 11, 2025

2. Marker in context

Photo faces west. The marker is the white rectangle in line with the right edge of the church; on a sort of "traffic island" between the school and the church.

and in Niagara Canada.

It is also in Central Canada.

Globally, it is in North America,

on the Great Lakes,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony,

the Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

and Rupert’s Land.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Campden Public School 1875 - 2013 (a few steps from this marker); Campden Trinity Evangelical United Brethern Church 1872 - 2006 (a few steps from this marker); Ford (about 210 meters away, measured in a direct line); H.W. Moyer-Humphrey House Circa 1870 (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Mountain Mennonite Cemetery Circa 1843 (approx. 0.6 kilometers away); Mountain Mennonite Church And Cemetery - Circa 1843 (approx. 0.6 kilometers away); Andrew Dean - Grist Mill (approx. 2.1 kilometers away); Mennonite Burying Ground circa 1798 (approx. 3.1 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lincoln.

Campden Trinity Evangelical United Brethren Church image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Kevin Westell, July 11, 2025

3. Campden Trinity Evangelical United Brethren Church

Photographed by Kevin Westell, July 11, 2025

4. Campden Trinity Evangelical United Brethren Church

Campden Public School image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Kevin Westell, July 11, 2025

5. Campden Public School

Credits. This page was last revised on July 17, 2025. It was originally submitted on July 12, 2025, by Kevin Westell of St. Catharines, Ontario. This page has been viewed 86 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on July 12, 2025, by Kevin Westell of St. Catharines, Ontario. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.