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1874 St Paul's Church
Description
A beautiful 1874 photo of St Paul's Church, the original Anglican church that was on the north-east corner of Flinders and Swanston Streets. That site is now occupied by St Paul's Anglican Cathedral. On the left of the photo one can see the quaint School building. With its turrets and battlements, it looked quite mediaeval, and would have been a wonderful place to playout stories of knights and battles.
The construction of St Paul's Church commenced in 1851 and the church was consecrated in 1852. The block that is sat on was also occupied by a manse and St Paul's School. Due to Melbourne's amazing growth in population during the 1870s, it became obvious that none of the city's Anglican churches (St James's, St Peter's and St Paul's) were sufficient for the size of the congregation. Therefore a new cathedral was designed, and construction commenced in 1880, starting with the removal of the school and the manse, and by utilising that area of land to the north of the church building, the construction of Melbourne's new Cathedral commenced, allowing attendances at the old Church to continue for a while.
The new St Paul's Cathedral was commenced in 1880 and consecrated in 1891, but the building was not completed until 1933.
Here's a different view of it, looking up Swanston Street.
All text © HotPress
Photographer was Charles Bayliss.
This is a digitally retouched reproduction of the original held by the State Library of Victoria. All prints are reproduced without the HOTPRESS watermarks.
Our team of conservators have worked on a high resolution digital image in order to remove some of the blemishes and artifacts such as stains, mould, scratches and damage caused by the handling of the original. We strive to provide authentic representations of the original work that are suitable for enlargements that retain the tones and character of the original.
Description
A beautiful 1874 photo of St Paul's Church, the original Anglican church that was on the north-east corner of Flinders and Swanston Streets. That site is now occupied by St Paul's Anglican Cathedral. On the left of the photo one can see the quaint School building. With its turrets and battlements, it looked quite mediaeval, and would have been a wonderful place to playout stories of knights and battles.
The construction of St Paul's Church commenced in 1851 and the church was consecrated in 1852. The block that is sat on was also occupied by a manse and St Paul's School. Due to Melbourne's amazing growth in population during the 1870s, it became obvious that none of the city's Anglican churches (St James's, St Peter's and St Paul's) were sufficient for the size of the congregation. Therefore a new cathedral was designed, and construction commenced in 1880, starting with the removal of the school and the manse, and by utilising that area of land to the north of the church building, the construction of Melbourne's new Cathedral commenced, allowing attendances at the old Church to continue for a while.
The new St Paul's Cathedral was commenced in 1880 and consecrated in 1891, but the building was not completed until 1933.
Here's a different view of it, looking up Swanston Street.
All text © HotPress
Photographer was Charles Bayliss.
This is a digitally retouched reproduction of the original held by the State Library of Victoria. All prints are reproduced without the HOTPRESS watermarks.
Our team of conservators have worked on a high resolution digital image in order to remove some of the blemishes and artifacts such as stains, mould, scratches and damage caused by the handling of the original. We strive to provide authentic representations of the original work that are suitable for enlargements that retain the tones and character of the original.
