St Paul’s Anglican Church - Arrowtown, New Zealand - New Zealand Historic Places on Waymarking.com

St Paul’s Anglican Church was built in 1871 and is the oldest church building of any denomination to be built in the historic gold mining town of Arrowtown. The small timber church in a simplified Gothic Revival style is listed as a Category I building on the New Zealand Heritage register.

An active Anglican community existed in Arrowtown at least as early as 1863 with lay-readers and visiting pastors conducting the services. In 1869 a local parish was formed and a vicar was appointed to serve Queenstown and Arrowtown. In 1871 this church was built with the pastor traveling to Arrowtown from Queenstown to conduct services once a month with lay-readers conduction services the other weeks. As road improved services were conducted weekly by the pastor traveling from Queenstown.

The church has remained relatively unchanged since its construction. The St Paul's Church continues to be part of the Parish of Wakatipu along with St. Peters in Queenstown. The church continues to have weekly Sunday services at 9:00 am.

Date location was entrusted to the New Zealand Historic places: 11/24/1983 Type of history commemorated (short description): Religious history Website pertaining to the location: [Web Link] Town, city, or region nearest to the site: Arrowtown Year placed: 1871 Admission fees if any: 0.00 (listed in local currency) Hours of operation: Services 9:00 am Sunday Is it accessible to the general public: Yes

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