Baptist Church and remained on that site until 1926. In October 1886, the congregation of Bloor Street Baptist Church took on the oversight of the work at Ossington Avenue Baptist Church. Also during the tenure of Elmore Harris, the church planted a congregation on Birch Street (known as Century Baptist Church) beginning in 1888, which continued until 1970, at which time it amalgamated with Blythwood Road Baptist Church that was built in 1955 (See www.blythwood.org). Members of the Century Baptist Church also started an outreach (in 1911), which became known as Mt. Pleasant Road Baptist Church (See http://www.mprbc.org/). Prominent members (and deacons) during this time were Chancellor Boyd of Toronto Baptist College and Albert Henry Newman, professor of history at McMaster University. On the resignation of Elmore Harris, he was succeeded in 1891 by Oates Charles Symonds Wallace, M.A. (1856–1947), who remained in the pastorate until the early part of 1895, when he was appointed Chancellor of McMaster University. He was succeeded by Charles Aubrey Eaton, who resigned in 1901. Eaton's pastorate was a successful one. He not only kept his congregation together, but during the time he was in charge, the handsome school-room adjoining the church was built, furnished, and in a great measure paid for. This building was completed in 1900, and is a substantial piece of evidence to Eaton's work. J.D. Freeman served from 1901 to 1908. Led by W.A. Cameron (1882–1956), the senior minister of the congregation beginning in 1908, the rapidly growing congregation required bigger premises (the Uptown Theatre, now demolished, accommodated the overflow for Sunday evening services). In the 1920s, the decision was made to erect a much larger church at Deer Park, a rapidly growing residential community in what was then the city's northern area. The building was designed in 1927 and under construction that year. On 25 March 1928, the sanctuary was formally opened and dedicated as Yorkminster Baptist Church. Park Road Baptist Church was founded in 1922, and a new church was constructed on the corner of Park Road and Asquith Avenue in 1927. The architects for that church were J. Francis Brown and Son of Toronto. It was completed in 1928 to a design by the architectural firm of George, Moorhouse and King. The church was well-known in the Bloor and Yonge area, especially for its music program. Unfortunately, a fire in March 1961 destroyed a large part of the