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Melville Presbyterian Church([1900-1902]) 349 Melville Street, Westmount, QC, Canada Religious, Church [unfinished basement, 1 floor]; brick; composite Client: Melville Presbyterian Church Description: The early Presbyterian community in Westmount used to worship at the Mission School from 1869 until 1886 when a frame church was erected at Stanton Street and Côte-St-Antoine Road. The church was named Melville, after a dispute among the members over alcohol consumption caused a church division between ''dry'' and ''wet'' members. The latter decided to stay in the original place and re-named the church Saint-Andrews, while the former moved to a new site and built a church on another street. The design for Melville Church was commissioned from Edward Maxwell in 1900.
The Melville church design was based on the English medieval country church. This effect is enhanced by its location beside Westmount Park, where its tower can be observed, as from a village green, across the open space of the park. The original name of Elgin Avenue was changed to Melville Street to honor to distinguished members of the congregation.
The building consists of a low massing with a square tower containing the double entrance door with a pediment. The building is mainly constructed using brick with stone offsets and caps, wood louvres for the tower-arched windows, and a slate roof. It is one of the few churches designed by Edward Maxwell that still exist. It is now known as the Serbian Orthodox Church. Holdings: Church (unfinished basement, 1 floor); brick; composite | |
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