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Centretown United Church 
Centretown United ChurchLocation Ottawa, Canada at 507 Bank Street at Argyle in Centretown Country Canada Denomination United Church of Canada Previous denomination Presbyterian History Former name(s) Stewarton Presbyterian Church; McLeod-Stewarton United Church Architecture Status Cathedral Functional status Active Architect(s) under the architecture of Moses Chamberlain Edey, Architectural type Norman-Gothic Style Gothic Revival architecture Centretown United Church is an historic church located in Ottawa, Canada at 507 Bank Street at Argyle in the Centretown area. It was built in 1906 as the Stewarton Presbyterian Church in 1906 using Gothic Revival architecture under the architecture of Moses Chamberlain Edey, (designer of Heritage site the Aberdeen Pavilion and the Daly Building. Centretown United Church is a member church of the United Church of Canada.
The church was created on September 14, 2008 when McLeod-Stewarton United Church merged with Bell Street United. The building had previously been inhabited by McLeod-Stewarton.
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Recent History
McLeod-Stewarton, which was created on November 19, 1961 when McLeod Street Methodist Church amalgamated with Stewarton Presbyterian Church (Stewarton being the original inhabitant). The church's original name is due to the area formerly being called Stewarton, then a village south of Ottawa city limits, on land owned by the family of former Ottawa mayor McLeod Stewart. The building they chose was the Stewarton building, erected in 1906, and whose cornerstone was laid by Sir William Mortimer Clark, Lt. Governor of Ontario.
McLeod Street Methodist Church was built in 1890 and had its cornerstone laid by Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald.
During the 1950s the National Sunday Evening Hour broadcast from the church (then Stewarton). In 2004, it voted against amalgamating with First United Church and against becoming an affirming church. The church is heavily involved with social programs in the community, and abroad. The church often sends a youth delegation abroad on Habitat for Humanity trips. Located on the second floor of the building is Centre 507 which is an outreach centre providing food and clothing for the neighbourhoods homeless population. The position of minister is currently vacant.
2008 Amalgamation
McLeod-Stewarton amalgamated with Bell Street United Church on September 14, 2008. The churches voted to amalgamate on May 4, 2008. [1]
Church Yes % No % McLeod-Stwarton 49 96.1% 2 3.9% Bell Street 53 86.9% 8 13.1% On May 25, in a joint service of both churches, the congregations voted on the new name of the amalgamated church, to be now called Centretown United Church.
List of ministers
McLeod Street Methodist Church
- C.S. Deeprose (1890–1891)
- George McRitchie (1891–1894)
- James Elliot (1894–1898)
- William Timberlake (1898–1902)
- Francis Lett (1902–1906)
- R.L. Richardson (1906–1908)
- W.J. Hunter (1908–1909)
- R. Peever (1909–1913)
- Isaac Gough (1913–1917)
- George McIntosh (1917–1922)
- H.A. Frost (1922–1926)
- C.F. Logan (1926–1932)
- W.D. Spence (1932–1938)
- A.E.M. Thomson (1938–1945)
- William H. Shaves (1945–1950)
- Arthur D. Waite (1951–1961)
Stewarton Presbyterian Church
- R.E. Knowles (1891–98)
- Robert Herbison (1898–1904)
- William A. McIlroy (1904–1916)
- Wesley Megow (1917–1925)
- F.S. Milliken (1925–1956)
- Herbert Reid (1956–1960)
McLeod-Stewarton United Church
- Matthew Taylor (1961–1977)
- Cyril S. Cook (1977–1994)
- Bill Jay (1994–2003)
- Grant Dillenbeck (2003–2005)
- Daniel Hayward (2005–2006)
- Sam Wigston (2007–2008)
Centretown United Church
- Shaun Yaskiw (2008–2009)
- David Illman-White (2009–present)
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References
Coordinates: 45°24′37″N 75°41′32″W / 45.410254°N 75.692351°W
Categories:- Churches in Ottawa
- United Church of Canada churches in Ontario
- Gothic Revival architecture in Ottawa
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