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| UNITING CHURCH - MARGARET STREET VIEW |
The first Methodist church was built on
Margaret Street (near the corner with Balfour Street) in 1837.
Sunday School services commenced on August 27th of that
year.
The building was expanded using plans by well-known architect
Peter Mills in 1858. The current church, however, evolved out of the
Wesleyan Sunday School built by J and T Gunn in 1889, and remodelled
in 1917-18. Sunday School numbers peaked in 1906 when over 500
attended.
The impressive pipe organ was installed
in 1920 (see the previous post). Also within the church is an honour
roll, unveiled in 1920, listing members of the congregation who
served in WW1. It contains 95 names. Further details, and a picture
of the memorial can be found
at:http://monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/conflict/ww1/display/70522-margaret-street-methodist-church-roll-of-honour/
I have not seen a copy, but I did find
reference to a book compiled by G Iken and Lewis E Barnard
commemorating the centenary of the church
in 1938. Celebrations of that event extended over nine days. The
Methodist Church combined with the Presbyterian Church and the
Congregational Union to form the Uniting Church in June 1977.
Both buildings are now for sale...................
Both buildings are now for sale...................
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| UNITING CHURCH BALFOUR STREET VIEW |
