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St John's Cathedral

Submitted by 80sKid on Thu, 2010-04-29 13:57
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you can see Maxwell's refurbished grave to the right

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2010
Places shown in this photo: 
St John's Cathedral [1849- ]
Image Galleries: 
2010s Hong Kong photos
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Hong Kong Volume Four
central
church

St. Stephen's Church (1st Generation), IL830 [1866-c.1888]

Submitted by David on Tue, 2010-02-23 15:41
Date Place completed: 
1866-01-01
Date Place demolished: 
c.1888-12-31 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)

This church stood on the corner of Po Yan Street and Hollywood Road.

The first Anglican missionary sent to Hong kong to establish a Chinese congregation was the Revd. Thomas Stringer, who arrived in 1862. Two years later, a site on Gap Street - now a part of Hollywood Road - was secured for a church. St. Stephen's was opened there in 1866. It was hoped that the new congregation would have the support of the Christian old boys from St. Paul's, but they showed little interest.

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Roman Catholic Cathedral (2nd & current location) [1888- ]

Submitted by David on Thu, 2010-02-11 14:49
Date Place completed: 
1888-12-07

The first Roman Catholic Cathedral in Hong Kong stood on Wellington Street.

Key dates for this, the second Roman Catholic Cathedral:

Previous place(s) at this location: 
House named "Glenealy" - IL 57 [????- ]
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church

Hop Yat Church 合一堂

Submitted by annelisec on Tue, 2010-02-02 22:04
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Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2005
Places shown in this photo: 
Hop Yat Church [1926- ]
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Hong Kong
church
heritage
Building
Architecture
Gothic

Hop Yat Church

Submitted by annelisec on Tue, 2010-02-02 22:01
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Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2005
Places shown in this photo: 
Hop Yat Church [1926- ]
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Hongkong
church
Places of Worship
sai ying poon

Hop Yat Church [1926- ]

Submitted by philk on Tue, 2010-02-02 20:49
Date Place completed: 
1926-10-01
Previous place(s) at this location: 
Beauregard - London Missionary Society (LMS) Compound - IL 590 [????-????]
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Hop Yat Church
church
London Missionary Society

St. Mary's Church [1937- ]

Submitted by David on Tue, 2010-02-02 17:17
Date Place completed: 
1937-01-01

According to the church's website, the building was completed in 1937.

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church

St. Andrew's Church [1905- ]

Submitted by Admin on Sat, 2010-01-23 21:38
Date Place completed: 
1905-01-01

Read a brief history of the church on their website.

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church

The Peak Church / Peak Chapel [1883-c.1958]

Submitted by David on Sat, 2009-12-26 21:28
Date Place completed: 
1883-06-17
Date Place demolished: 
c.1958-01-01 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)

Wikipedia notes that 'it held its first service in June 1883'. It 'was destroyed by a shell during World War II and not rebuilt', though the land wasn't given back to the government until the lease expired in 1958. It's not clear if any part of the building was still standing during 1945-58.

Read more at the Wikipedia page, or visit this page which also has photos and an old map of the area.

Previous place(s) at this location: 
RBL 23 [????- ]
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church

Union Church (3rd generation) [1891-c.1944]

Submitted by David on Sat, 2009-12-05 01:46
Date Place completed: 
1891-01-11
Date Place demolished: 
c.1944-01-01 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)

The church relocated here from its previous location at the junction of Elgin, Peel, and Staunton streets.

Completion date given in comments below.

Demolition date is a guess - it was demolished during the Japanese occupation, but I'm not sure exactly when.

After the war, the current Union Church building was built on this site.

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