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Picton Gospel Hall is an open brethren assembly in Prince Edward Co., Southern [[Ontario]], Canada. It is currently located at 3 McFarland Dr., in Picton. Local mainstream attractions include a restored Edwardian opera house known as the [https://theregenttheatre.org/ Regent Theatre] (built in 1918) and [https://visitthecounty.com/listing/macaulay-heritage-park Macaulay Heritage Park].
From prior to 1878 thru 1903 there were a number of exclusive PB residing in the Picton area, who were associated after 1890 as the TW-Lowe EB. They included Mr. McGilvray +1878-1879+, Draycott White +1880-1889+, G. Handley +1889+, and William McCaw +1894-1903+. See [[Picton Meeting Room, ON|Picton Meeting Room]] for detail on this.
In 1906, it was reported the ''The Witness'' (1906-8) that R. Irving and W. Morrison were having encouraging tent meetings in Picton. It was reported in the next issue that they were still continuing such but finding it "uphill work". By October, they had moved their gospel tent to Holloway, Cochrane District and having small attendance.
In 1948 or 1949, Timothy Kember (1921-2021) was commended to gospel work by [[Sarnia Gospel Hall, ON|Sarnia Gospel Hall]] and relocated with his wife Mary to Bloomfield, near Picton where they remained for the rest of their lives.
October 8th, 1950 marked the start of special meetings by G.P. Taylor and Timothy Kember (from the area), as per T&T where they were "hoping to see an assembly formed shortly in this district" where they had labored previously. By the summer of 1951, they were constructing Hall while pitching a gospel tent. In early 1952, it was reported in both T&T & WiS that the construction work was "coming along nicely", the outside work was done and "our brethren" were in the process of finishing the inside.
