History
Knox Presbyterian Church was established in 1883 Rev. James Robertson, Superintendent of the Western Mission for the Presbyterian Church in Canada in 1881. Their first church building was opened on October 21, 1883, a small wooden building it was completed for $1000.
A new, larger, building was constructed at the corner of Centre Street and Seventh Avenue. Designed to seat 330 people it was a stone construction which cost $8,000. As the congregation continued to expand a subsequent new building was erected in 1912 at the corner of Fourth Street and Sixth Avenue South. This is the site of the present day Knox United Church.
The church split in 1925 after some members of the congregation voted to join with the United Church of Canada. Those who wish to remain in the Presbyterian church went on to form a new, separate congregation.
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