1912 – St. Giles Presbyterian Church, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Designed by Stewart & Witton, the Neo-Gothic St. Giles Church was built in 1912 for a Presbyterian congregation as Hamilton expanded eastward in the early 20th century. It was the first church in Hamilton to join the United Church of Canada in 1925. Now empty and gutted of most fixtures and fittings, its future is uncertain.

“…. an attractive structure with exterior walls of brick and concrete stone. The stone trimmings being designed to render an effective contrast to the coloring of the brick. The building is fifty-six feet, four inches, by one hundred and sixteen feet, on stone foundations. Walls are of solid brick, the basement being twenty-four inches and super-structure walls eighteen inches. The roof trussed is of steel, the steel beams being covered with ash, giving them a more massive appearance.

The interior walls are panelled with oak of a dark finish to a height of nine feet. The remainder of the walls in the building being finished in gray stucco.
The seating capacity of the church is nine hundred and fourteen, the gallery and the east and west transepts, and at the rear supplementing the main floor and seating capacity. The floor and seats are of oak, the floor being carpeted. On the east side is included a chapel for prayer-meeting and special meetings. The Sunday School is a separate building being circular. The minister’s study is also on the east side, has a beam ceiling, is oak panelled and carpeted.”
Construction, December 1915

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