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North Terrace [B 8700] • Photograph

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Summary

West corner of North Terrace and Pulteney Street, Chalmers Church. At the time of this photograph the church was known as Scots Church. Scots Church was originally Chalmers Free Church named after Rev. James Chalmers who established the Free Church of Scotland.Chalmers representative Rev. John Gardner arrived in Adelaide from Scotland in 1850 and after purchasing land on the corner of North Terrace and Pulteney Street the Foundation Stone was laid in the same year. The church became the Chalmers Presbyterian Church in 1901. In 1929 Flinders Street Presbyterian Church and Chalmers Church amalgamated under the name Scots Church. Bluestone, stained glass windows and the organ were transferred to Scots Church during the amalgamation.

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Physical description

Photograph; 13.7 cm x 19.6 cm

Dates / Publication details

1933

Photographer

McKenzie, J

Collection

Part of Acre 24 Collection

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Digitisation information

Date

15/11/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

2,417 x 3,321 pixels (8.0 MP)

Size

8.06 MB

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