Yorketown St Colomba's Catholic church
Foundation stone 28 Jun 1903 by Fr Murphy, architect Albert S Conrad, opened 15 Nov 1903. First church built 1873.
“Catholics have almost completed the erection of a place of worship at YorkeTown, in the Troubridge Area, Yorkes Peninsula.” [Register 9 Jun 1873]
“Yorketown . . . While excavating for the foundations of the new Catholic Church the workmen stumbled upon a deep rabbit burrow. This unforeseen occurrence has necessitated the use of rails beneath the concrete for that portion of the work. It is expected that the foundation stone will be laid in about a fortnight.” [Advertiser 16 Jun 1903]
“The ceremony of blessing and dedicating St. Columba's new Catholic Church . . . Special and appropriate music was rendered by a strong Catholic and Protestant choir, under the direction, of Mrs. F. Huttmann, Miss Flo. Matthews being organist. . . All the sand, lime, stone, &c, has been donated, the carting has been done free, and many of the adherents of the church have given their services. . . All the handsome stained windows have also been donated, besides sundry other articles.” [Chronicle 21 Nov 1903]
“The design of the church is a conventional treatment of Gothic architecture of the transitional period, the character of the work being impressive in style and modelled on ecclesiastical lines; the facade being broken with a separate roofed portico and porch over the entrance, with a series of buttresses rising above the gable, with weathered terminals and moulded crosses, the elevation at the rear being relieved by a treatment of gables, surmounted with a belfry rising above the nave. Contrast of color is afforded by the employment of specially picked local stone, squared, struck, and pointed with tinted cement dressings. The nave is protected with a wind porch.” [Southern Cross 20 Nov 1903]
Yorketown St Colomba's Catholic church
Foundation stone 28 Jun 1903 by Fr Murphy, architect Albert S Conrad, opened 15 Nov 1903. First church built 1873.
“Catholics have almost completed the erection of a place of worship at YorkeTown, in the Troubridge Area, Yorkes Peninsula.” [Register 9 Jun 1873]
“Yorketown . . . While excavating for the foundations of the new Catholic Church the workmen stumbled upon a deep rabbit burrow. This unforeseen occurrence has necessitated the use of rails beneath the concrete for that portion of the work. It is expected that the foundation stone will be laid in about a fortnight.” [Advertiser 16 Jun 1903]
“The ceremony of blessing and dedicating St. Columba's new Catholic Church . . . Special and appropriate music was rendered by a strong Catholic and Protestant choir, under the direction, of Mrs. F. Huttmann, Miss Flo. Matthews being organist. . . All the sand, lime, stone, &c, has been donated, the carting has been done free, and many of the adherents of the church have given their services. . . All the handsome stained windows have also been donated, besides sundry other articles.” [Chronicle 21 Nov 1903]
“The design of the church is a conventional treatment of Gothic architecture of the transitional period, the character of the work being impressive in style and modelled on ecclesiastical lines; the facade being broken with a separate roofed portico and porch over the entrance, with a series of buttresses rising above the gable, with weathered terminals and moulded crosses, the elevation at the rear being relieved by a treatment of gables, surmounted with a belfry rising above the nave. Contrast of color is afforded by the employment of specially picked local stone, squared, struck, and pointed with tinted cement dressings. The nave is protected with a wind porch.” [Southern Cross 20 Nov 1903]