St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Brisbane
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St Andrew's Uniting Church, 2015
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| Location | 131 Creek Street, Brisbane City, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Coordinates | 27°27′56″S 153°01′39″E / 27.4655°S 153.0275°ECoordinates: 27°27′56″S 153°01′39″E / 27.4655°S 153.0275°E |
| Design period | 1900 - 1914 (early 20th century) |
| Built | 1905 |
| Architect | George David Payne |
| Architectural style(s) | Romanesque |
| Official name: St Andrews Uniting Church, St Andrews Presbyterian Church | |
| Type | state heritage (built) |
| Designated | 21 October 1992 |
| Reference no. | 600086 |
| Significant period | 1905 (fabric) 1977 (historical) |
| Significant components | hall, pipe organ, furniture/fittings, stained glass window/s, tower |
| Builders | Alexander Lind & Son |
 Location of St Andrew's Uniting Church, Brisbane in Queensland
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St Andrews Uniting Church is a heritage-listed church at 131 Creek Street (corner with Ann Street), Brisbane CBD, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by George David Payne and built in 1905 by Alexander Lind & Son. Initially St Andrews Presbyterian Church, it became part of the Uniting Church following the merger of the Presbyterian, Methodist and Congregational Churches in 1977. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.
St Andrews Church was constructed in 1905 for the local parish of the Presbyterian Church previously located on land now used as part of Brisbane Central Railway Station. The building was designed by innovative architect, George D. Payne.
The Presbyterian congregation who eventually built St Andrew's, constructed their first church at the corner of Wickham Terrace and Creek Street in 1863. This building, designed by Benjamin Backhouse, was known as the Union Presbyterian Church in commemoration of the amalgamation of the Church of Scotland, Free Church and United Presbyterian Church to form the Presbyterian Church of Queensland. The first minister appointed by the congregation was James Love, an Irishman who started preaching in the School of Arts building in Ann Street upon his arrival in Queensland. The congregation at the Union Presbyterian Church remained in their small sandstone church until 1887 when a new larger church designed by Willoughby Powell was constructed. This building was an ornate early English Gothic structure of brick, prominent in early photographs of Brisbane, which featured attached buttressing terminating in pinnacles above an open parapet and a large tower in the north-west corner.
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