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1980 (Creation)
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- St. Andrew's United Church (Toronto, Ont.)
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1 drawing : ink on paper ; 46 x 37 cm
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St. Andrew's United Church is located at 117 Bloor Street in downtown Toronto, and brought together some of the city's oldest congregations in 1950, building on earlier unions of Methodist and Presbyterian churches. It is still an active congregation of the United Church of Canada.
Central Methodist Church opened in the village of Yorkville, Ontario in 1841 as the Wesleyan Chapel. In 1854 Yorkville Wesleyan Methodist Church relocated to Bloor Street, at Gwynne, east of Yonge. It assumed the name Central Methodist around 1865.
Grosvenor Street Presbyterian Church was initially at the corner of Grosvenor and St. Vincent (now Bay) streets in the city, and had the name Old Bay Street Church. The Church opened in 1876 under the name, Central Presbyterian (later changed to Grosvenor), and was torn down in 1921.
Westminster Presbyterian Church began life as Yorkville Presbyterian Church around 1867. The following year Charles Street Presbyterian was opened at the corner of Charles and Yonge streets. A new building was erected in 1890, opening the following year as Westminster. The building burned in 1920, and the congregation met at the Masonic Temple on Yonge (at Davenport) for three years before a new Westminster Church was opened, which brought together the old Westminster congregation with the Grosvenor congregation.
Church union in 1925 brought together Central Methodist and Westminster Presbyterian to form Westminster-Central United Church which met in the 'new' Westminster building.
St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church was dedicated in 1831 at the corner of Church and Adelaide streets in Toronto. In 1876 a new St. Andrew's was opened at King and Simcoe streets in the city, but a dispute in the congregation led to a breakaway group moving to the corner of Carlton & Jarvis streets under the name Old St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church. This church joined union in 1925, and became known at Old St. Andrew's United Church.
In 1950 Old St. Andrew's and Westminster-Central joined forces as St. Andrew's United Church at the present site on Bloor Street, with the Old St. Andrew's site being put up for sale. In 1981 this congregation agreed to a real estate deal with Bramalea Corp. which ledto redevelopment of the St. Andrew's site.
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Forms part of accession 2016.064L