Gallery 2 - Sense of belonging and taking roots into Greater Madawaska (1860-1960)
16. Drummond
Drummond Rectory (am_786)
In 1894, parish priest Félix Dugal bought, for $1500, 100 acres of land facing the first church
which was the property of George W. Day. The house located there would serve as the rectory until
1915 when he had a large wooden rectory built. In 1936, some Sisters of Our Lady of Sacred Heart
came to take responsibility of the school in the village and the sacristy, plus the choir and
teaching of music. They were Sisters Adrienne, Agathe, Edith and Francisca. They lived in the house
of the sexton, on the other side of the church. In the back, stands the two floor parish hall that
was built by Father Alfred Lang in 1942. A tennis court at the side of the rectory was accessible to
the young boys and girls of the parish. Photo taken around 1945.
