Blue plaque № 59450

Banff, AB, Canada

ST. PAUL'S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. The first Presbyterian services were held in Banff in 1887 by Rev. Elliot and student missionary Rev. McKay in a local residents home. The following year, a church was built at the junction of Bear and Lynx Streets with lumber donated by the Canadian Pacific Railway.

By 1929, Banff Avenue had replaced Lynx Street as the main town thoroughfare and the 1888 church was moved to the back of this site. It now serves as the parish hall and is amongst Banff's oldest buil

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