page_title: St. James Anglican Church (Vancouver)
hierarchical_section_title: St. James Anglican Church (Vancouver)
caption_attribution_description: St James Anglican Church, Vancouver. Taken by me, April 2007.
context_page_description: St. James' Anglican Church is a unique church building in the Diocese of New Westminster of the Anglican Church of Canada located at the north-east corner of East Cordova Street and Gore Avenue in the City of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in what is now its Downtown Eastside.
  The original building was completed in the spring of 1881 on Alexander Street in the Town of Granville, Burrard Inlet to the north west of the present site and was sponsored by Captain James Raymur, the manager of Hastings Mill. Granville was renamed Vancouver and the town was incorporated as a city on April 6, 1886. This building burned down in the Great Vancouver Fire of June 13, 1886. The heat of the fire melted the church bell into a puddle that was eventually put on display at the Museum of Vancouver.
  The present church building was designed by Adrian Gilbert Scott who later designed the Church of St. Mary and St. Joseph, Poplar, London, England which has architectural similarities. The building is the second to be built at this location on land donated by the Canadian Pacific Railway. Its design is a combination of Art Deco, Romanesque Revival, Byzantine Revival, and Gothic Revival architecture.
context_section_description: St. James' Anglican Church (Saint James Parish of Vancouver, BC) is a unique church building in the Diocese of New Westminster of the Anglican Church of Canada located at the north-east corner of East Cordova Street and Gore Avenue in the City of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in what is now its Downtown Eastside.
  The original building was completed in the spring of 1881 on Alexander Street in the Town of Granville, Burrard Inlet to the north west of the present site and was sponsored by Captain James Raymur, the manager of Hastings Mill. Granville was renamed Vancouver and the town was incorporated as a city on April 6, 1886. This building burned down in the Great Vancouver Fire of June 13, 1886. The heat of the fire melted the church bell into a puddle that was eventually put on display at the Museum of Vancouver.
  The present (and third) church building was designed by Adrian Gilbert Scott who later designed the Church of St. Mary and St. Joseph, Poplar, London, England which has architectural similarities. The building is the second to be built at this location on land donated by the Canadian Pacific Railway. Its design is a combination of Art Deco, Romanesque Revival, Byzantine Revival, and Gothic Revival architecture. The walls are made of reinforced concrete, while the roof is made of slate. The building was constructed between 1935 and 1937 and consecrated in 1938.
  St. James was the first Anglican parish in Vancouver, formerly Granville, until the establishment of Christ Church (local church), a daughter church, in 1888 that in 1929 became Christ Church Cathedral - the Diocese's second cathedral. Another daughter church, St. Paul's Anglican Church, was established in 1889, and later became a separate parish and is located in the City's West End.
  The worship tradition is Anglo-Catholic. Offices of Morning and Evening Prayer are said daily. Said (Low) Mass is celebrated daily except Saturdays. A Solemn (High) or Sung Mass is sung every Sunday at 10:30 a.m.
  The Rector of St James Parish of Vancouver is The Venerable (Father) Kevin Hunt, Archdeacon of Burrard. Andrew Campbell is the Rector's Warden. The other Wardens are Reece Wrightman and Peggy Smyth. In addition to the Rector and Wardens, the other members of the Parish's Board of Trustees are the Lay Delegates to Synod: Kelvin Bee, Jenny Johnson and Pamela McDonald, and, as Non-Voting Trustees, the Secretary, Linda Adams, and the Treasurer, Christopher Orr. The Parish Council usually meets quarterly and is chaired by Annie Grant and its secretary is Reece Wrightman. The Parish Vestry meets annually or more often as needed. The Vestry Clerk is Linda Adams.
caption: St. James' Anglican Church in 2007
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