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State: South Australia, Denomination: Uniting
Adelaide, SA - Pilgrim Uniting
Year Built: 1867
Address: 12 Flinders Street, , Adelaide South Australia, 5000
Pilgrim Church traces its roots back to Adelaides early Wesleyans and Congregationalists. A Wesleyan chapel in Pirie Street was opened in 1851 and became known as the Pirie Street Methodist Church. Stow Memorial Congregational Church, in Flinders Street, was dedicated in 1867. The two churches were back-to-back and were divided by a high…
Adelaide, SA - Scots Uniting
Year Built: 1851
Address: 237 North Terrace, , Adelaide South Australia, 5000
Scots Church Adelaide was originally called Chalmers Free Church. It was built by a group of Presbyterians who supported the Free Church of Scotland. They called Reverend John Gardner from Scotland to establish a church in South Australia. He arrived in Adelaide in March 1850 and immediately set about purchasing the land on the corner of…
Alberton, SA - Trinity Uniting
Year Built: 1880
Address: Station Place, , Alberton South Australia, 5014
The Foundation stone was laid by J Formby Esq on 6 April 1880.
Aldgate, SA - Sunset Rock Uniting
Address: Sherlaw Avenue, , Aldgate South Australia, 5154
Aldinga, SA - Uniting
Year Built: 1863
Address: Old Coach Road, , Aldinga South Australia, 5173
The Uniting Church was constructed as the Aldinga Methodist Church and opened in 1863 during a period of active church building throughout the district. Services for Methodists in the Aldinga area had been held in other locations previously, but this church was the focus of their worship from the 1860's onwards. Stone church with brick…
Angaston, SA - Uniting
Year Built: 1878
Address: Corner Fyfe & Sturt Street, , Angaston South Australia, 5353
Formerly a Congregational church the first church was a red brick chapel built in 1861 at the rear of the current church. The foundation stone of this church was laid by Mr J H Angas Esq J.P. on 13 May 1878. It cost £2162.00. It is of Gothic Revival style with bluestone walls and rendered dressings. The leadlight windows were shipped…
Ardrossan, SA - Uniting
Address: 22 Fourth Street, , Ardrossan South Australia, 5571
The Ardrossan Methodist Church began in the home of Mr.G. Webb. When the room was too small services were held under a large pepper tree near the house. Freeman's Mill later became the venue for worship. The church building was opened on the 24th. of March 1878 with a congregation of 80 and a Sunday School of 35. The Sunday School Hall…
Ashbourne, SA - Uniting
Year Built: 1891
Address: Main Road, , Ashbourne South Australia, 5157
The Church was formerly a Wesleyan Methodist church. It was built in 1891.
Auburn, SA - Uniting
Year Built: 1861
Address: Main North Road, , Auburn South Australia, 5451
Opened in 1861 this former Bible Christian Chapel was built by Joseph Meller. The building is of Auburn bluestone and Watervale sandstone. William Threadgold was the carpenter. The first services were holed in a blacksmiths shop in 1850. The Church is of simply gabled hall with rather austere wall surfaces relieved by Romanesque derived…
Balhannah, South Australia - Uniting
Address: 3 Bridge Street, , Balhannah South Australia, 5242
The church had its beginnings with the building of the Methodist church at Bonney Flat in 1859.
Belair, SA - Uniting
Year Built: 1928
Address: Sheoak Road, , Belair South Australia, 5052
The foundation stone was laid on 4 February 1928 by Mrs Arthur H. Gault.
Birdwood, SA - Uniting
Year Built: 1957
Address: Main Street, , Birdwood South Australia, 2446
The Foundation stone was laid on 1 December 1956 by Mr E.T. Pflaum.
Bordertown, SA - Uniting
Address: Corner Decourcey & McLeod Streets, , Bordertown South Australia, 5268
Bridgewater, SA - Uniting
Year Built: 1929
Address: 407 Mount Barker Road, , Bridgewater South Australia, 5155
Originally a Methodist Church. The foundation stone was laid on 28 January 1929 by Miss Carvosso.
Brighton, SA - Uniting
Year Built: 1864
Address: 442 Brighton Road, , Brighton South Australia, 5048
Built as a Methodist Church, the foundation stone was laid on the 1st of May, 1864. It was the for runner of the first church built in Sturt Road in 1847. The first members of the church met in private homes on Sturt Road. As a rural community the first service was held in the 1840's in a dugout with an upturned boat serving as a roof.…
Burnside, SA - St David's Uniting
Address: 492 Glynburn Road, , Burnside South Australia, 5066
A foundation stone was laid on 9 September 1962 by the Bishop of Adelaide C.W. Muceke.
Bute, SA - Uniting
Year Built: 1902
Address: Corner First & Third Streets, , Bute South Australia, 5560
A Foundation stone was laid on 27 August 1902 by P Jackson Esq J.P. There is another on the corner of the building that is dated 1894. The church was opened on 16th November 1902 and replaced an earlier timber framed iron building opened on 15/11/1885. Prior to the erection of this building, Primitive Methodist services had begun about…
Clare, SA - Uniting
Address: Victoria Road, , Clare South Australia, 5453
The Wesleyan chapel was built in 1857 and listed by State Heritage. The chapel is located next to the Methodist Church which was opened in 1867. In recent times the two churches have been joined. The Foundation stone was laid on 22nd July 1866 and opened on 17th March 1867.
Clarence Park, SA - Church of the Trinity Uniting
Year Built: 1925
Address: 318 Goodwood Road, , Clarence Park South Australia, 5034
The Foundation stone was laid on 31 January 1925 by Mrs Andrew Linn. The Architect was Hurbert Henry Cowell.
Colonel Light Gardens, SA - Uniting
Year Built: 1958
Address: 560 Goodwood Road, , Colonel Light Gardens South Australia, 5041
The land was bought for $1,211.00 (£25.00) and other than the names of the trustees, little is known of the first seventy five years. The old Church was built in 1854, and is one of the oldest suburban Churches in the State. When the section of ground opposite was purchased by the Government and sub divided into residential blocks and…
Coonalpyn, SA - Uniting
Year Built: 1921
Address: Western Highway, , Coonalpyn South Australia, 5265
Formerly a Congregational church the foundation stone was laid on 21 February 1921 by the Mr G.E. Venning.
Croydon Park, SA - Uniting
Year Built: 1959
Address: 310 Torrens Road, , Croydon Park South Australia, 5008
The Foundation stone was laid on 16 May 1959 by Mrs J.H. Stunell.
Crystal Brook, SA - Uniting
Year Built: 1912
Address: Adelaide Square, , Crystal Brook South Australia, 5523
Several foundation stones appear to have been laid on 6 June 1912. They include one by Si Day H Bosanquet Governor of South Australia. The others include one by Mr J.C. Symons, Mr F.J Johnson and Reverend Henry Howard. The adjacent Hall was opened in 1967.
Curramulka, SA - Uniting
Year Built: 1911
Address: Fourth Street, , Curramulka South Australia, 5580
Formerly a Methodist Church the Foundation stone was laid on 5 September 1911 by Mrs C Lovelock.
Delamare, SA - Uniting
Year Built: 1870
Address: Yoho Road, , Delamere South Australia, 5204
Formerly a Wesleyan / Methodist church it was opened in 1858. The porch was opened in 1983. There is an ancillary cemented-stone building immediately to the north, as a hall and Sunday School room. [On that building is a white marble tablet, commemorating 70 years of Church life, at December 1928.
Edithburgh, SA - Uniting
Formerly a Methodist Church. The Original church was opened on Christmas day 1874. A second church was erected in 1909 and the foundation stone was laid on 3 November 1909 by Mr C.S. Roberts.
Encounter Bay, SA - Uniting
Year Built: 1919
Address: 30 Giles Street, , Encounter Bay South Australia, 5211
Called the Jeffries Memorial Church the foundation stone was laid on 1 November 1919 by Mr R.T. Sweetman. The connection with the Jefferis family was quite extensive. A photo of Dr Jefferis hangs in the church, the land was given by Mrs Jefferis and the preaching desk was also donated by Mrs Jefferis. The original Communion table…
Enfield Sefton Park, SA - Uniting
Address: 2 Park Street, , Enfield Sefton Park South Australia, 5083
Formerly a Methodist Church. The seeds that brought the Enfield Uniting Church into fruition were sown around 1853 when the Rev. D.J. Draper, from the Pirie Street Wesleyan Methodist Church, asked Mr. William Short, then aged 33 years, if he would conduct services in his home at California Street, Nailsworth as there was no Wesleyan…
Gawler, SA - Uniting
Year Built: 1850
Address: 21 Tod Street, , Gawler South Australia, 5118
The first church was built in 1850 and that building still functions as the “Corner Shop” Opportunity shop. The church was quite small, 13.9m [40ft] by 7.6m [25ft], and seating 140 people. Constructed of hammer-dressed shale set on a cement-rendered plinth, the church is symmetrical about the central entrance of the south-facing…
Gladstone, SA - Uniting
Year Built: 1920
Address: Corner High & Cross Streets, , Gladstone South Australia, 5473
Reverend T.G. White was the Architect of the Church.
Glenelg, SA - St Andrews Uniting
Year Built: 1879
Address: 92 Jetty Road, , Glenelg South Australia, 5045
The first church was built in Gordon Street and the builder was Mr J.J. Moseley. The second church was built in Jetty Road and the foundation stone was laid on 18 April 1859. The Architect was Mr James MacGeorge and built by Messrs Lines and Cook. The third and current church was built and the foundation stone for this building was laid…
Glenunga, SA - Uniting
Year Built: 1927
Address: 138 L'Estrange Street, , Glenunga South Australia, 5064
A Foundation stone was laid 27 August 1927 by Mrs P.A. McBride.
Golden Grove, SA - Uniting
Year Built: 1863
Address: Corner Golden Grove & Greenwith Road, , Golden Grove South Australia, 5125
In 1863 Mr Paul Roberts son of Thomas Roberts of Greenwith Farm donated the land for a Primitive Methodist church which later became known as the Greenwith Chapel. Before the church was built services were held in the cellar of the home of Thomas and Hannah Roberts. The Foundation stone was laid on 15 November 1863 by Mrs Thomas…
Goolwa, SA - Uniting
Year Built: 1861
Address: Bingham Street, , Goolwa South Australia, 5214
The Church was built in 1861 with transepts added in 1881
Grange, SA - Uniting
Year Built: 1881
Address: Beach Street, , Grange South Australia, 5022
The Foundation stone was laid on 9 November 1880 by Mrs C Fowler.
Greenacres, SA - Uniting
Year Built: 1964
Address: Mullers Road, , Greenacres South Australia, 5086
The Foundation stone was laid on 16 February 1964 by the Ex President of the Conference the Reverend G.T. Inglis B.A. B.D.
Greenock, SA - Uniting
Year Built: 1954
Address: 6 Kapunda Road, , Greenock South Australia, 5360
Formerly a Methodist church, the Foundation stone was laid on 19 September 1954 by D.. Branson Esq.
Gulnare, SA - Uniting
Year Built: 1902
Address: Railway Terrace, , Gulnare South Australia, 5471
The church opened in 1874 and celebrated its centenary in 1974. The present church building opened in 1902, and the church hall opened in 1931.
Gumeracha, SA - Uniting
Year Built: 1859
Address: 5 Wellington Street, , Gumeracha South Australia, 5233
For several years prior to 1859 Wesleyan Methodist services were held at the company's local cattle station. Land for the church was donated by Mr J Monfries and the church was built of stone carted from Kenton Valley. It was officially opened in 1860. A Manse was erected in 1887 and the Vestry was added in 1897 while the front porch…