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St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church (1855-1965)

In 1844, the Presbyterian congregation of Trois-Rivières founded St. Andrew's Church. As the congregation did not yet have a church, the first services took place in the Methodist church on Bonaventure Street. then in the Jewish synagogue on the southwest side of rue du Platon and also for a while in the office of M Alexander Baptist.

In August 1855, work began to build St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church,  on a land donated by Mr. Thomas Gordon, in (18) 1356 Hart.

Around 1919, glass roofs were added to the church, recalling the memory of the soldiers who died during the First World War.

In June 1925, the Presbyterian  and Methodist religions merged to become  "The United Church of Canada." In Trois-Rivières, they adopted St. Andrew's Church as their place of worship.

In 1960, St. Andrew's United Church indicated its intention to sell its church and the Hart Street land in order to build a new church on a site more appropriate to the needs of the congregation's members.

In 1961, the mayor of Trois-Rivières, MJA Mongrain, offered to buy the church in order to establish an Art Center there.

In 1965, the city of Trois-Rivières acquired the church and its land for $163,000 in order to demolish it and build Place de l'Hôtel de Ville.

The church will be demolished in 1966.

A new St-Andrew's church will be built in 1967 at 3730 Néré-Beauchemin.

Source: 
Le Nouvelliste, July 25, 1925, p.7
Le Nouvelliste, November 23, 1965, p.11 



Photo:  around 1910 - CIEQ René-Hardy Collection, Trois-Rivières Fund, Pinsonneault Series, PINSONNEAULT_023.




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