Pilgrim Uniting Church
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| 34°55′37″S 138°36′03″E / 34.926891°S 138.600926°ECoordinates: 34°55′37″S 138°36′03″E / 34.926891°S 138.600926°E | |
| Location | Flinders Street, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Country | Australia |
| Denomination | Uniting Church in Australia |
| Website | pilgrim |
| History | |
| Former name(s) | Gawler Place Wesleyan Chapel, Pirie Street Wesleyan Church, Pirie Street Methodist Church, Stow Memorial Church, Union Church in the City |
| Architecture | |
| Style | Revival Gothic |
| Specifications | |
| Materials | Glen Osmond stone, finished with cut freestone from Glen Ewin |
| Clergy | |
| Minister(s) | Jana Norman Dean Eland [Minister in Association] |
| Deacon(s) | Sandy Boyce |
Pilgrim Uniting Church is a church of the Uniting Church in Australia on Flinders Street, Adelaide, South Australia.
History[edit]
Pirie Street Wesleyan Church[edit]
The congregation was originally at the Gawler Place Wesleyan Chapel. The first minister at the Pirie Street site was Daniel Draper.[1][2] The first service was held on 19 October 1852.[3]
Stow Memorial Church, Flinders Street[edit]
The first Congregational chapel in South Australia was a temporary structure on North Terrace. George Strickland Kingston was the architect for a building in Freeman Street (now Gawler Place), with the congregation then moving to the Flinders Street site.[4]
The Stow Memorial Church, whose architect was Robert G. Thomas, was named in memory of the Reverend T. Q. Stow, who had conducted the first service in a tent on Adelaide's Park Lands in October 1837. The foundation stone was laid on 7 February 1865[5] and the inaugural worship service was held on 12 April 1867.[6]
The first minister was Cadwallader William Evan, and the organist, who served for 45 years, was James Shakespeare.
Union Church in the City[edit]
Pirie Street Methodist and Stow Memorial congregations united on 1 June 1969 to form the Union Church in the city.
Pilgrim Uniting Church[edit]
In November 1975 the Union Church in the city changed its name to become Pilgrim Church.[7] The congregation joined the Uniting Church at its inauguration in 1977.
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Buildings[edit]
Pirie Street[edit]
The foundation stone for the Pirie Street Wesleyan Chapel was laid on 15 July 1850.[8] The church was designed by Henry Stuckey. Completion of the building, after Henry Stuckey's death in 1851, was under the supervision of Edmund Wright,[8]
After the merger of the two congregations the building was bought by the Adelaide City Council and demolished in 1976.[9] Wright was also the architect of the Methodist Meeting Hall, located between the Pirie Street and Flinders Street churches. The hall was built in 1862 and is the only remaining part of the Pirie Street property and is now part of the Adelaide Town Hall complex.
Flinders Street[edit]
The building had it foundation stone laid on 7 February 1865,[6] it is in the Revival Gothic style.[10]
The architect for the building was Robert George Thomas who was among the first colonists, arriving in South Australia in 1836 aged 16 years.[11]
Organs[edit]
The organ in the Flinders Street building was initially installed in 1855 in the Pirie Street building[12] with that from Flinders Street being sold to St John's Lutheran Church, Malvern, South Australia.[13]
Notable people[edit]
Stow Memorial Church[edit]
- Mostyn Evan
- Matthew Goode
- William Muirden[14]
- William Parkin
- Arthur William Piper[15]
- James Zimri Sellar[16]
- Thomas Hyland Smeaton
- Charles Todd[17]
- The Hon. Justice George Wright (1917–1975), a judge of the Supreme Court of Western Australia, was the son of the Reverend George H. Wright, a minister at the Stow Memorial Church
Ministers
- William Roby Fletcher, appointed 1876
- Alfred Depledge Sykes, 1904-1906 & 1907-1913[18]
Pirie Street Methodist Church (previously Gawler Place Wesleyan Chapel)[edit]
- Henry Adams
- John Colton[1]
- Mary Colton[19]
- John Langdon Bonython
- Daniel Draper[1][20]
- Benjamin Gould
- William Frank (Frank) Hambly[21]
- John Hill
- Henry Howard (Minister 1902 - 1921)
- James Wedlock
Pilgrim Uniting Church[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Odd Aspects Of City Church's Centenary". The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 - 1954). Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia. 8 July 1950. p. 2. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
- ^ Hambly, William Frank (Frank) (1966). "Draper, Daniel James (1810–1866)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: Australian National University. Retrieved 2016-01-09.
- ^ "Opening Of The New Wesleyan Chapel, Pirie-Street". Adelaide Times (SA : 1848 - 1858). SA: National Library of Australia. 20 October 1851. p. 3. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
- ^ Freeman Street Congregational Chapel, Adelaide Memories, State Library of South Australia
- ^ "The Stow Memorial Church". The South Australian Advertiser. VII, (2038). South Australia. 8 February 1865. p. 2. Retrieved 18 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ a b "Stow Memorial Church". South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900). Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia. 15 April 1867. p. 3. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
- ^ Libraries Australia Authorities on Union Church in the City
- ^ a b "New Wesleyan Chapel, Pirie-Street". South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900). Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia. 16 July 1850. p. 3. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
- ^ Pirie Street Methodist Church at Adelaide City Heritage, National Trust of Australia accessed 8 January 2016
- ^ Stow Memorial Church at Adelaide City Heritage, National Trust of Australia accessed 8 January 2016
- ^ Christine Sullivan, (2008), Architects of South Australia: Robert George Thomas, Architecture Museum, University of South Australia http://www.architectsdatabase.unisa.edu.au accessed 8 January 2016
- ^ Pilgrim Uniting (formerly Stow Congregational) Church, Organ Historical Trust of Australia
- ^ Organs in Malvern, South Australia, Organ Historical Trust of Australia
- ^ Condon, Brian (1986). "Muirden, William (1872–1940)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: Australian National University. Retrieved 2016-11-25.
- ^ Piper, R. W. (1988). "Piper, Arthur William (1865–1936)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: Australian National University. Retrieved 2016-11-25.
- ^ Warburton, Elizabeth (1988). "Sellar, James Zimri (1830–1906)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: Australian National University. Retrieved 2016-11-25.
- ^ Symes, G. W. (1976). "Todd, Sir Charles (1826–1910)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: Australian National University. Retrieved 2016-11-25.
- ^ Hilliard, David (1990). "Sykes, Alfred Depledge (1871–1940)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: Australian National University. Retrieved 2016-11-25.
- ^ Jones, Helen (2005). "Colton, Mary (1822–1898)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: Australian National University. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
- ^ Hambly, William Frank (Frank) (1966). "Draper, Daniel James (1810–1866)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: Australian National University. Retrieved 2016-01-09.
- ^ Hunt, Arnold D. (1996). "Hambly, William Frank (1908–1972)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: Australian National University. Retrieved 2016-01-09.
