St Peter's Uniting Church - Former
Parramatta, NSW 2150
Church Information
| Church Name: | St Peter's Uniting Church - Former |
| Church Previous Name: | Parramatta Congregational Church |
| Denomination: | Uniting Church in Australia |
| Street Address: | 356 Church St, Parramatta NSW 2150, Australia |
| Suburb: | Parramatta |
| State: | NSW |
| Postcode: | 2150 |
| Foundation Stone Laid: | 24-05-1871 |
| Foundation Stone Notes: | The foundation stone was laid on 24/5/1871 by Mr John Fairfax, founder of The Sydney Morning Herald. The text on the foundation stone is not known. The text/photographs are invited. A stone tablet high up on the front wall records: Congregational Church A D 1871. |
| Date Opened: | 19-05-1872 |
| Date Closed: | 00-00-2006 |
| Email: | admin@churchesaustralia.org |
Comments
The former St Peter's Uniting Church, Parramatta (formally Parramatta Congregational Church), is now closed, and the property was sold in 2006. It name was changed some time after it joined the Uniting Church in Australia, in 1977.
St Peter's was founded in 1870, although missionaries for many years before had held services in the district. Dedicated effort to start a local Congregational church was begun in earnest in May 1870, by the Rev T S Forsaith, who held meetings in the School of Arts. Land was purchased on 30/1/1871, the foundation stone was laid on 24/5/1871 and the church was opened on 19/5/1872.1
The church building was also used by the Chinese Evangelical Church about 1996.
More historical information/photographs of the former church/congregation are invited. Photographs uploaded 26/12/2020 & 25/1/2023.
Note 1: illuminate (27th Jun 2019). A Church is not a building: a history of Congregationalism in Parramatta from 1798 to 1970. In Website illuminate. Retrieved 26th Dec 2020 20:52, from https://illuminate.recollect.net/nodes/view/1639.
