page_title: St Paul's Church, Christchurch
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: St Paul's Church, Christchurch / History
caption_attribution_description: English: In 1876 Samuel Farr (1827-1918) drew up a Grecian design for a wooden church to seat 1,200. Because suitable timber would not be available for six months, Farr produced specifications for the same design in brick. Peter Hyndman's tender of £7,999 was accepted in Sept. The foundation stone was laid on 6 November 1876 and the building opened on 28 October 1877. Because of its dangerous condition, the tower was demolished in 1962.
context_page_description: St Paul's Church in Cashel Street, Christchurch, was a Category I heritage building registered by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust. It was demolished after the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake.
context_section_description: St Paul's was built in 1877 as a Presbyterian church on the corner of Cashel and Madras Streets in the Christchurch Central City. It replaced an earlier church on the corner of Lichfield and Madras Streets built by a breakaway congregation from St Andrew's Church. Both church buildings were designed by Samuel Farr. In 1969, St Paul's merged with the Trinity-Pacific Congregational Church taking on a new name - St Pauls Trinity Pacific Presbyterian Church.  Rev. Leonard Jones and Kenape Faletoese lead the new multicultural church under its new format.  The Pākehā membership of the church declined over the next three decades and by the time of its destruction in the February 2011 earthquake, the church membership was mainly of Samoan heritage.
  On 5 August 2009, the church was the victim of an arson attack that caused considerable damage. The building was restored, but suffered damage in the 2010 Canterbury earthquake, and partially collapsed in the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake. By June 2011, the church had been demolished.
caption: St Paul's Presbyterian Church in 1885, with its high tower that was lowered in 1962
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