Denomination: ANGLICAN |
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Denomination: ANGLICAN |
Photo: D. Stiebeling |
Photo: D. Stiebeling |
t. James the Apostle was first opened for worship in May 1864. It is a charming Gothic Revival
church built of gray limestone. Originally, it stood on open land and was given the nickname
of St. Crickets in the Fields. This arose because a British regiment was garrisoned in Montreal
at the time, due to the occurrence of the American Civil War, and the officers took to playing
cricket beside the newly built church.
Photo: D. Stiebeling |
Photo: D. Stiebeling |
isitors approaching the church of St. James the Apostle will be pleased to see a garden to
the west of the building, which is the only green space between Atwater Avenue and Christ
Church Cathedral. This garden is open to the public daily, and its splash of colour in summer
adds beauty and charm to the inner city area.
Photo: D. Stiebeling |
ince its original construction, the church has been altered, expanded, restored, and even
partly demolished over the years. A rectory was built next door in 1868, but was demolished
in its entirety in 1937. A small chapel was added in 1896, but due to shifting foundations was
torn down and rebuilt in 1956. The Parish Hall was built in 1924 behind the Rectory. In 1877,
the nave was lengthened toward St. Catherine Street; the north transept was added in 1895.
Between 1864 and 1911, Canon Ellegood was the first rector of St. James the Apostle.
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 Text: The Church of St. James the Apostle |
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