Hackney Methodist Mission hall

Land purchased 1906 on Park St, now Richmond St, 4 foundation stones 27 Feb 1906 by Mrs E Spicer, Mrs James Gartrell, Mrs A W Marshall & Mrs J H Weidenhofer, closed. First services had been in weatherboard church in Torrens St, Hackney, until it was transported to Fourth Ave, East Adelaide & re-opened 15 Jul 1883 as East Adelaide Wesleyan church. A bell given c1905 to Hackney church was returned to Spicer Uniting church 6 May 2012.

 

“They had been successfully launching out in the direction of a Mission Church in Hackney, which he had no doubt would become a great credit to the body.” [Observer 2 Nov 1878]

 

“For some time a Methodist Mission has been conducted at Hackney, and now land has been purchased in Park street with the intention of building a new edifice.” [Register 27 Nov 1905]

 

“The Rev. W. Jeffries, superintendent of the Kent Town circuit (with which the mission is connected), presided, and introduced the ladies, who were each presented with a suitably-inscribed copy of the New Methodist Hymn-book . . . services had been held in a cottage for a considerable time. . . The building, when completed, will be a neat brick edifice, capable of accommodating 150 people in the main hall, and there will be in addition two classrooms.” [Advertiser 29 Jan 1906]

 

“The Hackney Mission was in a thriving condition, being now in a hall of its own, which cost some £500.” [Advertiser 11 Oct 1906]

 

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