Rev. G. Stanley Russell
Toronto Daily Star, July 5 1929
I looked up the Rev. Russell in the Toronto city directories. Sure enough, he was in the 1930 directory as the pastor of Deer Park United Church, located at the time at 129 St. Clair Avenue West.
The reverend remained at his post for over a quarter of a century, last appearing in the city directories in 1957. As for the church: it remained at its St. Clair West location until 2007, at which point the owners of the Imperial Oil building next door informed the church that they would stop supplying it with heat sometime in 2008. The church couldn't afford to maintain the building, so they moved into the Calvin Presbyterian Church building at 26 Delisle Avenue, with the two ministries officially becoming a shared ministry in 2010.
As of 2024, the old church building still stands but condos have been built around it.
Created September 2, 2025.