History of the Palmerston St church

The original 1861 church side-by-side with Jospeh Reed's extant bluestone church to the right

Palmerston Street in the 1920s: The original 1861 church side-by-side with Joseph Reed's extant 1870 bluestone church to the right

Designed by Melbourne’s great architect Joseph Reed in a distinctive Romanesque style, our church in Palmerston St is almost as old as the congregation itself, now celebrating its sesquicentenary.

David Johnson has prepared a carefully researched and illustrated chronicle of the history of the church buildings on this site.  This material is not included in our new book The Need is the Call: 150 Years of Service in Carlton.

Please click on ‘History‘ in the left-hand menu to find his series of 4 brochures available in pdf for easy download and printing:

  1. The Origins
  2. A time-line of changes
  3. Colonial architect Joseph Reed
  4. Changes and furnishing along the way
This entry was written by olivia and posted on 12 April, 2010 and filed under parish news.