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The first Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church was built around 1877-78 but was destroyed by fire in 1968.The parochial house, a splendid three-storey structure survived the fire.
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Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church and Parochial House7 October 2003
Alberton
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A new one storey modern church was built in 1972 next to the old parochial house.17
Glacier Monument (erratic)7 October 2003
Alberton
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A large granite rock, deposited in the area by glacial action, was moved to the front of the church property by some of the parishioners, and made into a memorial.This thirty ton, eight foot high rock was moved over the ice of Alberton harbour, a distance of three miles, with the aid of forty foot steel runners, and three, one ton trucks, and much ingenuity.
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Baptist Church7 October 2003
Alberton
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Other churches in Alberton and area were;the Baptist Church, now an apartment building,
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Church of the Nazarene7 October 2003
Alberton
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the Church of the Nazarene in nearby Elmsdale, the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses' and the Church of Christ in Rosebank.23
Christ Church (Kildare Capes)1861
Alberton
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Another early church in the area was Christ Church in Kildare Capes built in 1861 and destroyed by fire in 1923.25
Christ Church (Kildare Capes)7 October 2003
Alberton
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A Methodist Church in Montrose, about four miles away, was purchased and moved to the site in Kildare and became the Second Christ Church in 1925.27
'Yankee Gale' Monument (Kildare Capes)7 October 2003
Alberton
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