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Cooroy Uniting Church
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Alternative NameCooroy Methodist ChurchDescription
The Methodist Church, the oldest church building in Cooroy, was constructed in 1911 of sawn timber with a galvanised roof. Between 1905 and 1909, Methodist services were intermittently held in the railway station master's house and in the Victory Hall in Cooroy. There were then sufficient people interested in obtaining their own place of worship and a piece of land was purchased from Mr Alexander S Douglas in 1910. The first trustees were CG Collett, B Crozier, Thomas J Dinsey, Alexander S Douglas, R Lack, A Lister, E J Sneesby, S Snodgrass and Stan Sivyer. They planned for a church building 40 feet by 25 feet wide and numerous social functions were held to raise funds to build the church. Collett Brothers donated log timber, Douglas and Millican gave in-kind assistance and Mr Tom Dinsey of Cooroy Mountain donated two hoop pine trees for the floor of the church. A contract was let to H. Westbrook for £45 to cover labour on the building, and to A.Lister for plumbing for £30. The stump capping ceremony was held on 7 September 1911. By February 1912, the church building was completed and opened by the Rev. W S Bath. In the same year, a vestry with skillion roof and a tank were added at the back of the church.
After more fund-raising functions the church still had a debt of £250. The church community persevered during the 1920s and the Depression seeking to paint the church, maintain it and pay off the debt. Silver jubilee celebrations were held in 1938. After World War Il, as the population increased and the church had a successful Sunday School, the trustees sought to expand. They first, unsuccessfully sought to purchase the former Pinbarren School. Then, in Reverend Meadmore's term during the 1940s, the church was moved back on the land in order to make way for a new church building. The original church is now used as the church hall.
The stump capping ceremony for the new church buildings was held on 11 October 1947. Cook and Kerrison were the architects and Mr HE Gunders of Gladstone built the church at a cost of £1,830. The new church building was opened by Reverend John Tulip on 18 February 1949.
The church is closely associated with the expansion of the Methodist Church in Queensland in the mid 1900s. The building design incorporates details that reflect the influence of the inter-war bungalow style and is typical of the work of architect Mr W JE Kerrison, later of Messrs. Cook and Kerrison, for the church in the inter-war and post war period.Address 51, Maple Street, Cooroy
The Methodist Church, the oldest church building in Cooroy, was constructed in 1911 of sawn timber with a galvanised roof. Between 1905 and 1909, Methodist services were intermittently held in the railway station master's house and in the Victory Hall in Cooroy. There were then sufficient people interested in obtaining their own place of worship and a piece of land was purchased from Mr Alexander S Douglas in 1910. The first trustees were CG Collett, B Crozier, Thomas J Dinsey, Alexander S Douglas, R Lack, A Lister, E J Sneesby, S Snodgrass and Stan Sivyer. They planned for a church building 40 feet by 25 feet wide and numerous social functions were held to raise funds to build the church. Collett Brothers donated log timber, Douglas and Millican gave in-kind assistance and Mr Tom Dinsey of Cooroy Mountain donated two hoop pine trees for the floor of the church. A contract was let to H. Westbrook for £45 to cover labour on the building, and to A.Lister for plumbing for £30. The stump capping ceremony was held on 7 September 1911. By February 1912, the church building was completed and opened by the Rev. W S Bath. In the same year, a vestry with skillion roof and a tank were added at the back of the church.
After more fund-raising functions the church still had a debt of £250. The church community persevered during the 1920s and the Depression seeking to paint the church, maintain it and pay off the debt. Silver jubilee celebrations were held in 1938. After World War Il, as the population increased and the church had a successful Sunday School, the trustees sought to expand. They first, unsuccessfully sought to purchase the former Pinbarren School. Then, in Reverend Meadmore's term during the 1940s, the church was moved back on the land in order to make way for a new church building. The original church is now used as the church hall.
The stump capping ceremony for the new church buildings was held on 11 October 1947. Cook and Kerrison were the architects and Mr HE Gunders of Gladstone built the church at a cost of £1,830. The new church building was opened by Reverend John Tulip on 18 February 1949.
The church is closely associated with the expansion of the Methodist Church in Queensland in the mid 1900s. The building design incorporates details that reflect the influence of the inter-war bungalow style and is typical of the work of architect Mr W JE Kerrison, later of Messrs. Cook and Kerrison, for the church in the inter-war and post war period.Address 51, Maple Street, Cooroy
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Cooroy Uniting Church. Heritage Noosa, accessed 17/03/2025, https://heritage.noosa.qld.gov.au/nodes/view/24478
