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St Pauls Presbyterian Church Hall is a heritage-listed church hall at 43 St Pauls Terrace, Spring Hill, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Francis Drummond Greville Stanley and built in 1886. It is also known as Sabbath School Hall. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992. == History == The Sabbath School Hall, designed by colonial architect Francis Drummond Greville Stanley, was the first building to be erected on the Creek Street Presbyterian Church's newly acquired property in Leichhardt Street (now St Pauls Terrace), Spring Hill, in 1886.〔 It was built on the site of Brisbane's first children's hospital, a wooden building which was demolished to make room for the hall.〔 In form and fabric, the hall was designed well beyond immediate requirements, in anticipation of the Creek Street congregation playing a more prominent role in the development of Queensland Presbyterianism. From May 1886 to May 1889 the Sabbath School Hall functioned as a temporary church while the permanent St Paul's Church was under construction, establishing a precinct which later included church, hall and manse. The manse was demolished in the 1980s.〔 Over the subsequent century the hall became the focus for the church's social activities, and was home to an active Sunday School in the period prior to the First World War. An extensive library was established in the hall in connection with the Sunday School.〔 The building served more than the immediate congregation, and in the late 1920s was the venue for local gymnastic competitions.〔 Falling attendances at evening church services during the 1930s depression resulted in their being conducted in the hall, often in a less formal manner than the regular service.〔 In February 1942 during World War II the Australian defence authorities requisitioned the hall for possible use as an emergency centre during air raids, and from these premises the Hon. Robert Menzies conducted his final campaign meeting for the 1949 Australian federal election at which he became Prime Minister of Australia.〔 In 1982 sections of the exterior brickwork were renovated, and early in 1984 a new floor was laid, wiring and power points were renewed, plumbing was repaired and the interior was painted.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「St Pauls Presbyterian Church Hall, Spring Hill」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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