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Metropolitan United Church

Photo by Alan L Brown - Posted March, 2004

Photo by Alan L Brown - Posted October, 2013

Photo by Alan L Brown - Posted March, 2004

This impressive church on the northwest corner of Queen Street East and Church Street, has this Ontario Heritage Trust plaque near the Queen Street sidewalk. Here's what it says:

Coordinates: 43.653107 -79.376361

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This "Cathedral of Methodism" was designed by Henry Langley in the High Victorian Gothic style. The cornerstone was laid by the Rev. Egerton Ryerson, D.D., in 1870 and the church was dedicated in 1872. It replaced an earlier structure at the southeast corner of Adelaide and Toronto Streets. The first missionaries from Canada to Japan were commissioned in this church on May 7, 1873. The inaugural service of the Methodist Church of Canada was held here September 16, 1874. The World Ecumenical Methodist Conference meetings in 1911 and the first General Council of the United Church in 1925 met here. The church was badly damaged by fire in 1928 and rebuilt, incorporating most of the original walls, tower, narthex, and much of the stained glass.

Another plaque at this location
Metropolitan United Church

Other buildings designed by architect Henry Langley
De La Salle Institute Building 1871
St. Stephen-in-the-Fields Anglican Church
The Toronto Necropolis Chapel

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> Posted December 5, 2010
I worked at Richmond and Church Streets many years ago, and regularly came here to listen to the free lunchtime concerts that were being offered then. It was a real treat to listen to good music while I was waiting to finish my lunch hour and return to work.

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