church. The small booklet with stitched binding was only 21 small pages long, but it gave an excellent overview of the Charlottetown Baptist Church story up to that time. This history as well as the one compiled by Dr. J.A. Clark in 1959, became the basic content for a number of brief historical summaries done for special events, since that time.

It was at this same meeting that Pastor White detailed the reasons why the church should have a new parsonage. We can only assume that the church had been providing housing for pastors, since Rev. D.G. McDonald’s house, which was used as a parsonage after he left in 1882, was either later sold by him or may have been inherited by the church. Records of the final dealing regarding the house were lost in the 1888 fire. On the 1904 list ofchurch assets, there is a house on Sydney Street valued at $600. This is the only reference to this property; maybe this was Rev. McDonald's Charlottetown homethatwas perhapsinherited and continued to be used as the parsonage. The house earned $72 rent for the church in 1904, but within two years it disappeared from the trustee's reports, with no explanation. Based on Pastor White’s thoughts, a committee was established to look into the matter of a new parsonage, and report Rev. George White in two months’ time.

In March of 1904, a special business meeting was called to consider construction of a new parsonage. The committee looking into it reported that one could be built on existing church property on Fitzroy Street, immediately adjoining the church, and the cost to build it would be about $2,500. Working in his own interest, Pastor George White offered to solicit the community for subscriptions and Within two weeks had raised $1,047 in pledges. The largest pledge, which endeared the members to Pastor White, came from an unusual source; the ladies 'Thimble Club'- Impressed by his fund raising effort, the church unanimously approved an immediate start on a house. It would be designed by Charlottetown architect John P. Nicholson and built bya local contractor, Lowe Brothers. The new house was completed quickly, and Rev. George White and his family moved

New Baptist Parsonage- Fitzroy Street into the Charlottetown Baptist Church’s neW

parsonage in October of 1904. The final cost

of $2,800 was almost entirely covered by community pledges solicited by PastOr White, whose idea and effort made this valuable addition to the church possible.

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