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State: South Australia
Adelaide, SA - Baptist
Year Built: 1863
Address: 65 Flinders Street, Adelaide, South Australia , 5000
A Foundation stone was laid by Rev Isaac New on 18 December 1861. Robert G. Thomas, the architect who would later be responsible for the Stow Memorial Church (now Pilgrim Uniting Church), was selected to design the building, which is of Gothic revival style in bluestone and sandstone with elaborate capitals on the columns, a rose…
Adelaide, SA - Bethlehem Lutheran
Year Built: 1872
Address: 170 Flinders Street, , Adelaide South Australia, 5011
The beginnings of the Church can be traced to 1860 when about six families withdrew membership from Pastor Borgelt's Klemzig congregation on scriptural and confessional grounds. With several families who had been members of the Trinity congregation, as well as a number of others who were not affiliated with any group, they formed the…
Adelaide, SA - Cathedral of Archangels Michael and Gabriel Greek Orthodox
Year Built: 1967
Address: 286 Franklin Street, , Adelaide South Australia, 5000
The Church is circular in plan, with an inner circle forming the gallery and an arc forming the Sanctuary. It is a reinforced concrete structure with brick walls which allows a band of windows at the base of the Dome. The roof is covered with sheet copper. The freestanding Bell Tower was constructed under a later contract.
Adelaide, SA - Holy Trinity Anglican
Year Built: 1887
Address: North Terrace, , Adelaide South Australia, 5000
The first Foundation stone was laid on 28 January 1838 by the Governor of South Australia Governor Hindmarsh. A subsequent Foundation stone was laid on 7 May 1887 by George Mayo F.R.C.S England. Other Foundation can no Man lay than that is laid which is Jesus Christ. This is the first church in South Australia. The original structure…
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…
Adelaide, SA - St Francis Xavier Catholic Cathedral
Year Built: 1851
Address: 33 Wakefield Street, , Adelaide South Australia, 5000
Built progressively, from the laying of the original foundation in 1851 to the completion of the bell-tower in 1996, this cathedral is considered a major Australian work of the Gothic Revival style. It is linked with a number of designers and builders, including the eminent English architects Charles Francis Hansom and Peter Paul Pugin.…
Adelaide, SA - St John the Evangelist Anglican
Year Built: 1839
Address: 14 St John Street, , Adelaide South Australia, 5000
The land on which the church is built was donated by Osmond Gillies to the Church of England. The Foundation stone was laid on 19 October 1839 by Lieutenant Colonel George Gawler, Governor of the Province. The church was opened on Sunday, 24th October, 1841 by the Rev C.B. Howard assisted by the Rev Jas. Farrell. In 1886 the original…
Adelaide, SA - St Luke's Anglican
Year Built: 1855
Address: 21 Whitmore Square, , Adelaide South Australia, 5000
The Church is one of the most significant in Adelaide. The first part of it was built in 1855. It remains one of the earliest Anglican Churches in Adelaide. Divine Service appears to have been first conducted in a Schoolroom in Hobson's Place, between Sturt and Wright Streets. In December, 181-)3, a meeting was held in Hole Trinity…
Adelaide, SA - St Mary Magdalene Anglican
Year Built: 1841
Address: 26 Moore Street, , Adelaide South Australia, 5000
1841 - 1846 One of the oldest buildings in South Australia, the church was originally built in 1841 on the site on which St John's, Halifax Street now stands where it was commonly known as "St John's in the Wilderness" for its remoteness from the busier northern part of Adelaide. The church was poorly built, for it was condemned and…
Adelaide, SA - St Patrick's Catholic
Year Built: 1912
Address: 261 Grote Street, , Adelaide South Australia, 5000
After the original church, that was located in West Terrace became too small it was decided to build a new one in Grote St. St Patrick’s Church was the principal place of Catholic worship in Adelaide until St Francis Xavier Cathedral opened on Wakefield Street in 1858. Alterations to the simple stone building of St Patrick’s Church…
Adelaide, SA - St Stephen's Lutheran
Year Built: 1848
Address: 152 Wakefield Street, , Adelaide South Australia, 5000
The original congregation of this church was formed in Klemzig in 1848. They remained there iuntil 1862 when their first church was built in Pirie Street. The congregation increased again in size and it was at this point St Stephen's was built. Designed by Architects Williams and Good the church is of Gothic Revival style. The Church…
Alberton, SA - St George's Anglican
Address: 88 Port Road, , Alberton South Australia, 5014
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 - Church of Christ
Address: 54 Strathalbyn Road, , Aldgate South Australia, 5154
Aldgate, SA - Church of the Ascension Anglican
Year Built: 1892
Address: 4 Arkaba Road, , Aldgate South Australia, 5154
The Foundation stone of the church was laid on October 22 1892. The Church is a simple stone and brick building 20 feet x 30 feet. An extension of just over 3 meters was made at the eastern end, and a porch and vestry were added in 1961. The Architect for this was Dean W. Berry and the builder was H.J. Were.
Aldgate, SA - Sunset Rock Uniting
Address: Sherlaw Avenue, , Aldgate South Australia, 5154
Aldinga, SA - St Anne's Anglican
Year Built: 1866
Address: Main South Road, , Aldinga South Australia, 5173
In 1866 residents of Aldinga called a meeting to consider the advisability of erecting a Church. An acre of land was presented by the South Australian Company and the foundation stone was laid by Mrs Short. Total cost was £785. Building opened for service by Dean Farrell and was consecrated. The Church is a simple stone chapel derived…
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 - Church of St Hugh Anglican
Year Built: 1931
Address: Schilling Street, , Angaston South Australia, 5353
The Foundation stone was laid on 31 January 1931 by Lord Bishop of Adelaide Arthur Nutter. The Architect was Dean W Berry.
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…
Angaston, SA - Zion Lutheran
Year Built: 1861
Address: 85 Murray Street, , Angaston South Australia, 5353
The Church was originally built for joint use however by 1861 there was a divide and only the Baptists kept using it until 1929. For the next 12 years it was used by building contractor G.N. Dallwitz. A Lutheran Church had been built in Hill street but when that was destroyed by fire in 1941 Dallwitz offered this building to the…
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 - Our Lady of Peace Catholic
Year Built: 1866
Address: Elder Street, , Auburn South Australia, 5451
A former Wesleyan church this Gothic Revival church was built in 1866 by Joseph Meller and Scott. Constructed from Auburn bluestone it has symbolic pillars capped with open bible design, stone cuts with fine lines. The building was later used as a Sunday School when the Wesleyans and Methodists merged until it was sold to the Catholic…
Auburn, SA - St John's Anglican
Year Built: 1862
Address: 17 St Vincent Street, , Auburn South Australia, 5451
A Gothic Revival church constructed form Auburn bluestone with quoins and dressings of Watervale sandstone it was built by Pike and Dale in 1862. Joseph Meller and James Scott cut the stone and Joseph Jones was one of the stone masons employed on this project. The roof is of Welsh slate while the steps are of Mintaro slate. The Hall…
Auburn, SA - St John's Lutheran
Year Built: 1860
Address: Curling Street, , Auburn South Australia, 5451
The Church was formerly a primitive Methodist church. Made of stone with bluestone quoins and dressings it was built by Joseph Meller in 1869 on part of an Aboriginal corroboree ground. After church union it was used as a Sunday school then sold in 1889 to the Orange Lodge a protestant group of Irish background. Purchased in 1927 by…
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, Sout Australia - St Thomas' Anglican
Year Built: 1865
Address: Cnr Onkaparinga Valley & Junction Rd, Balhannah, , Balhannah South Australia, 5242
There is no record of the building of the original church but it seems to have been erected in 1848. It was intended to be a school building as it had a chimney. A new Church was proposed in 1864. Such good progress was made that in October 1864 the Church committee was in a position to accept Mr. Robert Page's plans and to call fur…
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 - St John's School Chapel Anglican
Year Built: 1898
Address: James Road, , Belair South Australia, 5052
The foundation stone was laid on 24 September 1898 by the Bishop of the Diocese.
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.
Bethany, SA - Bethany Lutheran
Year Built: 1883
Address: Bethany Road, , Bethany South Australia, 5352
The Church was built in 1883. The design is of simple rectangular plan with gable roof, smaller gabled annex to rear, square tower at front with tall pointed spire, rendered features on facades create a strong outline for the building. Construction - coursed rubble walls, rendered corner strips and windows indicate a reasonably…
Birdwood, SA - Holy Cross Lutheran
Year Built: 1860
Address: 1 Church Street, , Birdwood South Australia, 2446
The town of Birdwood, formerly Blumberg,' was founded in January 1848 after the first settlers of Blumberg arrived from Hamburg, Germany in December of 1847. The first worship services of the congregation were held in the home of one of the elders of the congregation until his death in 1850. A small church was then built about 1.5km…
Birdwood, SA - St Matthew's Catholic
Address: Shannon Street, , Birdwood South Australia, 2446
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.
Blair Athol, SA - St Clement's Anglican
Year Built: 1858
Address: 341 Main North Road, , Blair Athol South Australia, 5084
The Church was opened in 1858. Stained glass windows by world acclaimed South Australian glass artist, Cedar Prest.
Blanchtown, SA - Advent Lutheran
Year Built: 1903
Address: Paisley Road, , Blanchtown South Australia, 5357
The first Lutheran pastor was Pastor Peter Bonifacuis Hoefner, who lived on the East side of the Paisley river and conducted services at his home from 1896 to 1901. In 1901 Pastor Hoefner moved from the Blanchetown district to Queensland. The congregation then joined the Stonefield Parish whose pastor was Pastor J. P. Lohe. On February…
Blyth, SA - Trinity Lutheran
Year Built: 1970
Address: South Terrace, , Blyth South Australia, 5462
The first church was built in 1909. The Church foundation stone was laid on 20th September 1970 by Rev P A Scherer, architects Drogemuller & Pudney, opened 21 Feb 1971. Former St Petri bell in bell tower. First Trinity Lutheran in district opened 1881 in former Wesleyan chapel.