Christ's Church Cathedral - 100 Years - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - Commercial Commemorations on Waymarking.com

There are two plaques near the entrance to Christ Church Cathedral. The larger one is a City of Vancouver Historical marker.

The second one reads:

"TO THE GLORY OF GOD
IN THANKSGIVING FOR THE
FIRST HUNDRED YEARS OF
WORSHIP AND MINISTRY
FROMTHIS PLACE
1889-1989

DECLARED HERITAGE BUILDING 1974"

The larger historical marker adds:

"Christ's Church Cathedral
Architect: C.O. Wickenden, 1889 and 1894

This is the oldest church building in Vancouver. The original foundation, built of granite quarried from Little Mountain, was covered with a temporary roof permitting Christ Church's first service to be held in October 1889. The present Gothic Revival sandstone building with its narrow ached windows was constructed in 1894-1895. The interior features a roof supported by hammerbeam trusses in the style of large English halls and churches dating back to the 1300s. In 1929 Christ Church was dedicated as a Cathedral, th seatof the Bishop of the Anglican diocese of New Westminster. In 2004 the church was extensively upgraded and the original fir flooring, cedar tongue and groove ceiling and stained glass windows were restored. Kenneth Jones of Bray, Ireland, built a tracker organ for the new gallery superceding chancel organs by Casavant Freres (1949), Robert Hope-Jones (1911) and the first builder (unknown, 1895). This restoration work received a City of Vancouver Heritage Award and a Heritage Canada Foundation Achievement Award."

Anniversary Year: 1989 Year of Event, Organization or Occurance: 1889 Address: 690 Burrard St, Vancouver, British Columbia Canada V6C 2L1, Website: Not listed

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