96 MARGARET STREET- UNITING CHURCH

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 27^th 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...................

UNITING CHURCH BALFOUR STREET VIEW