1. ST.ANDREW’SPRESBYTERIANCHURCH
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TheoriginalSt.Andrew’sChurchwaslocatedatthecorner
ofChurchStreetatAdelaideStreetEast.Asthecongregation
grew,theyvotedtomovetoanewlocation.In1876St
Andrewsrelocatedtoitscurrenthome,73SimcoeStreet.At
thetime,muchofthefinancialdistrictthatcurrentlysurrounds
thechurchwasnonexistent.
Exteriormaterialsforthechurchincludepolishedgranitefor
columnsandGeorgetownlimestone.Alargertowerfaces
westoverSimcoeStreet.Thistowerhasfourdecorative
turrets,oneateachcornerwithparapetsseparatingthem.A
Lombardbandstretchesbetweenthetwoturretsandabove
threeRomanesque-stylearcheddoorways.
Inadditiontothememorialwindow,therearethreebrass
tablets;thefirstistotheleftofthepulpit,inmemoryofRevD.
J.Macdonald.Thesecondandthird,areonthenorthernwall
bythedoors,inmemoryofAlexanderThomsonFulionand
JohnKayBoth.
ThecornerstoneofthepresentchurchwaslaidonApril20
1875,asaresultofthewinterdelay.St.Andrew’sChurch
wasWilliamStorms’lastandmostpopularmajorchurch
commission.Atthetimehewasdelegatinghistimebetween
buildingSt.Andrew’sanderectingCarltonStreetChurch.
Thepolishedcherrywoodpewswiththeircarvedends,and
flowermotifaddstothebrillianceoftheinteriordesign.All
trimanduppergalleriesexhibitverydefinedwoodenfeatures
andaretiedwithcarvedcherrywoodposts.
In1852,thebandofthe71stHighlandLightInfantryplayed
asthechoir;thenextyearachoirwasformed.Theoriginal
organcost$2,200andwaslaterreplacedbythecurrent
organin1885,atacostof$13,000.
St.AndrewPresbyterianchurchfeaturesRomanesque
revivalarchitecture,whichisablendofRoman,Carolingian,
Ottonian,ByzantineandGermanictraditions.Themost
significantcharacteristicsabouttheRomanesquestyleareits
semicirculararchesforwindows,doorsandarcades.
Thesemicirculararchessupporttheupperfloors,aswellas
exteriordoorandwindowopenings.exteriordoorandwindowopenings.
Overthepulpit,thestainedglasswindowfeatures“TheGood
Samaritan”tocommemoratethememoryofJamesMiche,a
long-timemember;belowthewindowisamottothatreads
“Goanddothoulikewise”.Thechurchhasbeganthe“Outof
theCold”program,whichprovidesministrytothepoorand
impoverished.
Inthelate1950s,cityofTorontohaddecidedtoexpandits
subwaysysteminordertomeetthedemandofthecity’s
growingpopulationandin1963anewsubwaystationwas
openedonKingStwest,neartheStAndrewPresbyterian
church.Inabidtosignifytheimportanceofthechurchtothe
cityofToronto,thestationwasnamedStAndrewStation.
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CityofToronto.(1998-2014).TheHistoryofToronto.VirtualExhibits.An11,000yearsJourney.RetrievedNovember8,2014fromhttp://www1.toronto.ca
RomanesqueRevival(n.d.)BuildingStyle RetrievedRetrievedNovember8,2014fromhttp://www.ontarioarchitecture.com/romanesque.htm
St.Andrew'sPresbyterianChurch.(n.d.).RetrievedNovember8,2014,fromhttp://www.standrewstoronto.org
Storm,G.William.(1874).St.Andrew’sChurchToronto.Toronto:ArchivesofOntario.Retrieved:October7,2014.