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Metropolitan United Church Toronto, Ontario, Canada Metropolitan United Church, on Queen Street at Church Street. (Church Street was so named due to the number of churches on the street!) There are a couple of historic plaques on the site: METROPOLITAN UNITED CHURCHThis "Cathedral of Methodism" was designed by Henry Langley in the High Victorian Gothic style. The cornerstone was laid by the Rev. Egerton Ryerson, D.D., in 1870 and the church was dedicated in 1872. It replaced an earlier structure at the southeast corner of Adelaide and Toronto Streets. The first missionaries from Canada to Japan were commissioned in this church on May 7, 1873. The inaugural service of the Methodist Church of Canada was held here September 16, 1874. The World Ecumenical Methodist Conference meetings in 1911 and the first General Council of the United Church in 1925 met here. The church was badly damaged by fire in 1928 and rebuilt, incorporating most of the original walls, tower, narthex, and much of the stained glass. Erected by the Ontario Heritage Foundation, Ministry of Culture and Recreation.
METROPOLITAN UNITED CHURCHIS THE DESCENDENT OF A SMALL, FRAME CHAPEL BUILT IN 1818 ON THE CORNER OF KING AND JORDAN STREETS, NOW THE SITE OF THE CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE BUILDING. METROPOLITAN CHURCH WAS ERECTED IN 1870, AND THE INTERIOR WAS REBUILT IN 1929, FOLLOWING A DISASTROUS FIRE. IT NOW STANDS, TOGETHER WITH THE CHURCH HOUSE, AS A SYMBOL OF CHRISTIAN WITNESS AND SERVICE IN DOWNTOWN TORONTO. Other pictures like this one can be found at Toronto Churches 2. |
