St. Paul's United Church - Princeton, BC
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N 49° 27.551 W 120° 30.559
10U E 680485 N 5481485
Originally built as St. Paul's Presbyterian Church of Princeton, this church has, since 1925, been St. Paul's United Church
Waymark Code: WM10QHX
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Date Posted: 06/11/2019
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member bluesnote
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Initially, untangling this church's history was a bit of a challenge, given the dearth of information unearthed. Most of the information we did find came from the Royal Museum of BC.

A Presbyterian church from its construction (probably in 1919) until 1925, with Church Union in Canada in that year, it merged with the Princeton Methodist congregation to become St. Paul's United Church. It remained in this state until 1971, when St. Cuthbert's Anglican Parish of Princeton, formed in 1911, joined the church. St. Cuthbert's Anglican Church practiced interdenominational cooperation with St. Paul's United Church of Princeton from 1971 to 1984. During that time this was known as St. Paul's & St. Cuthbert's United Anglican Church. After the dissolution of the Anglican congregation in 1984, the name reverted to St. Paul's United. An old sign on the church still refers to it as a United-Anglican Church.

With triangular window tops and transoms in place of Gothic arches, this is otherwise a typical Gothic Revival building of the period, with a steeply pitched gable roof. At the gable peak over the entrance is a small bell tower with flared eaves, open all around. The bell still hangs within. The windows down each side of the nave have contemporary styled stained glass. A small narthex with double doors serves as the entrance; above it is a round attic vent where, in other churches, a rose window might be found.
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Department Number, Category Name, and Waymark Code:
2-Buildings • This Old Church • St. Paul's United Church • WM10KZK
4-Culture • Stained Glass Windows • St. Paul's United Church • WM10KZV
6-History • Signs of History • Court House • WMMCBT
8-Monuments • Citizen Memorials • Hugh and Phyllis Miller Clock • WM10M0D
13-Structures • Bell Towers • St. Paul's United Church • WM10KZM
14-Technology • Town Clocks • Princeton Town Clock • WM10M05
15-Multifarious • News Article Locations • Princeton Town Hall moves to new home • WMVVTN


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