Gower Street United Church (formerly Methodist) is home to one of the oldest religious denominations in St.John's. The present church building was opened in 1896. It is the fourth building for the congregation and the third on the present site. It was built to replace its predecessor which was burned in the Great Fire of 1892 which destroyed much of St. John’s. The church building is of a modified Romanesque style of architecture, designed by Elijah Hoole of England, architect of many churches throughout the British Empire around the end of the nineteenth century. Its basic architectural features have remained largely unchanged and include an impressive hammerbeam roof of pitch pine and ornate iron grillwork. #Newfoundland #StJohns #United_Church
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