St. James Anglican Church (Vancouver)
| St. James' Anglican Church (third and present building) |
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St. James' Anglican Church in 2007
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| 49°16′57″N 123°05′50″W / 49.28249°N 123.09727°WCoordinates: 49°16′57″N 123°05′50″W / 49.28249°N 123.09727°W | |
| Location | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Country | Canada |
| Denomination | Anglican Church of Canada |
| Website | www |
| History | |
| Founder(s) | James Raymur |
| Events | Great Vancouver Fire |
| Architecture | |
| Architect(s) | Sharp and Thompson, associate architects |
| Style |
Art Deco Byzantine Revival Gothic Revival Romanesque Revival |
| Completed | Summer 1937/Third bldg. |
| Specifications | |
| Materials | Reinforced Concrete Slate Roof |
| Bells | Full peal of fixed bells |
| Administration | |
| Deanery | Kingsway |
| Archdeaconry | Burrard |
| Diocese | New Westminster |
| Province | Ecclesiastical Province of British Columbia and the Yukon |
| Clergy | |
| Bishop(s) | The Right Rev'd Melissa Skelton, Bishop of New Westminster |
| Rector | The Rev'd Canon Kevin Hunt |
| Assistant priest(s) |
The Rev'd Fr. Matthew Johnson, Street Outreach Initiative The Rev'd Mother Lucy Price |
| Deacon(s) |
The Rev'd Deacon Joyce Locht The Rev'd Sister Mary Christian Cross |
| Laity | |
| Organist(s) | Gerald Harder (Organist/Choirmaster) |
| Organ scholar | PJ Janson (Ass't Organist) |
| Chapter clerk | Linda Adams |
| Churchwarden(s) | Brian Rocksborough-Smith, Pat McSherry and Doug Ibbott |
The Rev'd Fr. Matthew Johnson, Street Outreach Initiative
The Rev'd Deacon Joyce Locht
St. James' Anglican Church (Parish of Saint James, Vancouver) is a unique church building in the Diocese of New Westminster of the Anglican Church of Canada located at the north-east corner of East Cordova Street and Gore Avenue in the City of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
The original building was completed in the spring of 1881 on Alexander Street in the Town of Granville, Burrard Inlet to the north west of the present site and was sponsored by Captain James Raymur, the manager of Hastings Mill. Granville was renamed Vancouver and the town was incorporated as a city on April 6, 1886. This building burned down in the Great Vancouver Fire of June 6, 1886. The heat of the fire melted the church bell into a puddle that was eventually put on display at the Museum of Vancouver.
The present (and third) church building was designed by Adrian Gilbert Scott who later designed the Church of St. Mary and St. Joseph, Poplar, London, England which has architectural similarities. The building is the second to be built at this location on land donated by the Canadian Pacific Railway. Its design is a combination of Art Deco, Romanesque Revival, Byzantine Revival, and Gothic Revival architecture. The walls are made of reinforced concrete, while the roof is made of slate. The building was constructed between 1935 and 1937 and consecrated in 1938.
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