Looking West along Upper Main Street c1890 | fullsize
SEPIATOWN | WHATWASTHERE | BIRD'S EYE |
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| View | ||
| Architect: John Guy Ferguson (Frazer Ferguson & Frazer) Contractor: McClelland & Co, Derry Spire: 104 feet Capacity: 750 worshippers 500 persons on the main floor and 250 on the end gallery | |||
| 1871 | Sept | Foundation Stone Laid by Miss Houston, Lifford | |
| 1872 | Oct | Church opens. Rev James Gibson was the first Minister. |
The cost of the new church was estimated at £4000, £3000 of which had been raised by the time the foundation stone was laid. The church basement contained a large hall which had a capacity for 400 people. The hall was used for the Sabbath school and public lectures.
- 1693: Presbyterian Meetinghouse near Orchard Street opens.
The old Meetinghouse near Orchard St. is shown on Griffith's Valuation Map c1850. - 1872: A new Presbyterian Church on Upper Main Street opens, replacing the old Meeting-House near Orchard St.
The old Meetinghouse is converted to a school.
- 1911: 40 years after it was first proposed, Strabane's two Presbyterian congregations unite. Ministry: Rev. Edward Clarke Rev. Charles Toland
- 1938: Accidental fire destroys the church on Christmas day.
- 1939-57: The congregation worship at Leepers Brae Presbyterian Meetinghouse.
- 1957: New church opens on the Derry Road. The bell from the old church is placed in the tower of the new building.
Interior view from the gallery: First Strabane Presbyterian Church.
Timeline 1659-1911: First Strabane, Ministers
| 1659 | Rev. William (Robert) Keyes (Patrick Street) | ||
| 1660 | Rev Robert Wilson | ||
| 1692 | Dec | 21 | Rev William Holmes (Orchard Street) |
| 1717 | Rev Victor Freguson | ||
| 1766 | Feb | 6 | Rev William Crawford |
| 1789 | Nov | 10 | Rev William Dunlop |
| 1821 | Rev John Alexander Adam | ||
| 1828 | Mar | 20 | Rev William Mulligan |
| 1833 | Mar | 30 | Rev Alexander Porter Goudy D.D. |
| 1859 | Sept | 26 | Rev James Gibson D. D. (Meetinghouse Street) |
| 1878 | Dec | 11 | Rev John MacDermott D. D. |
| 1881 | Sept | 29 | Rev John Irwin D. D. |
| 1891 | Rev Edward Clarke (United Charge) |
Related Books:
Through All The Days - A Presbyterian Heritage, Strabane 1659 -1994.
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