St. Gabriel Street Presbyterian Church, Montreal, was founded in 1786 and the first building was erected in 1792 on the southwest corner of Champs de Mars.ST. GABRIEL STREET
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
The first Presbyterian Church in Montreal
The
congregation divided in 1803 over a decision on whom to call as minister
and the dissident minority, who prefered to be connected with an American
Presbytery rather than the Church of Scotland, formed St.
Peter's Street Church congregation, re-named St.
Andrew's Presbyterian Church in 1824. In 1831 another group
withdrew from St. Gabriel's to form
St.
Paul's Presbyterian Church. In 1844 at the disruption, the majority
supported the Free Church but the property was disputed and the Free Church
majority erected a separate building, which became Cote
Street Free Church.
In 1875 St. Gabriel Street congregation entered the Presbyterian Church in Canada. In 1886, the building on St. Gabriel street was expropriated by the Quebec government for the Montreal Court House. In 1887, the church building was acquired by the Presbytery of Quebec and the congregation moved to a building on St. Catherine Street.
In 1909 the congregation amalgamated with
Chalmers
Presbyterian Church, taking the name
First
Presbyterian Church, and a new church
was built at the northwest corner of Jean Manse and Prince Arthur. In
1984, First Presbyterian was amalgamated with
Knox-Crescent-Kensington
Presbyterian Church to
form Knox Crescent
Kensington and First Presbyterian Church.
See also:
St. Gabriel Street Church building list of subscrbers 1791-1792
Further reading:
A History of the Scotch Presbyterian Church, St. Gabriel Street, Montreal
by Robert Campbell, published 1887 by W. Drysdale
LDS film # 496754
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