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32. 711 Eberts:
Its Changing Faces
This house was built in 1914, one of two cottage
schools located on the park-like school grounds south
of the elementary school. Old timers remember that
these schools were not equipped with self-contained
toilet facilities and it was quite a trek to the main school
to use the toilet. This cottage school remained in use
until the early 1930s, when, due to declining school
enrolment, it was no longer needed.
In 1947, it became the Roman Catholic rectory and, for
the convenience of clergy and people, was moved next to
St. Joseph Catholic Church, located, at the time, on the
corner of Eberts and Eden. On Saturday, December 6th,
1947, the parish’s first priest, Father Missere, moved into
the rectory. Another priest who lived there and was wellknown
and well-liked was Father McMann.
Joyce and Bill McCall made no major structural
changes when they bought the rectory in 1959. A boiler
heating system joined the rectory and the church and was
still in working order when the church was torn down in
1963. In fact, the McCalls often recalled the loud boom
whenever the boiler cut in to heat the church on Sunday
mornings. It used to scare their children, who played in
the basement. A porch was added on the north side of
the house, and in 1970, a garage was built. The present
owner is Stacey Horsman. BAW
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