Saint Petka Serbian Orthodox Church

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Saint Petka Serbian Orthodox Church (Serbian Cyrillic: Црква Свете Петке), constructed in 1962 as the Maidstone Central Public School, is located at 1501 Lakeshore Road 203 in Lakeshore, Ontario, Canada.^[1] It is part of the Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Canada and under the omophorion of Bishop Mitofan of the Diocese of Canada.

The significance and uniqueness of the building is its architectural style of the 1960s when Canada was approaching its centennial year and special attention was given to construction of new schools and other public buildings across the country at the time.

The 1962-1964 building was designed and built in Post Modern design by architect John Peter Thomson (1885-1973)^[2] who lived in Windsor where he commuted every day to Detroit to work with George D. Mason and the legendary Albert Kahn. It was with Kahn that Thomson was given responsibility for the design of several skyscrapers and assembly plant buildings in the Detroit area. He also took on work under his own name and opened his own firm in Windsor in 1936.^[3]

Saint Petka Parish is unique for its orientation to landscape, horizontal, clean lines, flat facade, with the main entrance in glass and decorative ceramic tiles. Also, its interior mirror these attributes. The building is of architectural value because it is the best example in the County of Essex of Modern design, popularly known as International style. Following modernist design principles, Thomson's building features open space planning with harmony and balance.

See also[]

• Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Canada

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Coordinates: 42°13′08.0″N 82°49′53.3″W / 42.218889°N 82.831472°W / 42.218889; -82.831472