Country Canada Founder(s) James Raymur Event Great Vancouver Fire Province British Columbia | Website www.stjames.bc.ca Events Great Vancouver Fire Phone +1 604-685-2532 Architect Adrian Gilbert Scott | |
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Location Vancouver, British Columbia Denomination Anglican Church of Canada Address 303 E Cordova St, Vancouver, BC V6A 1L4, Canada Architectural styles Art Deco, Gothic Revival architecture Similar Oppenheimer Park, Christ Church Cathedral, Hastings Mill, Carnegie Community Centre, Holy Rosary Cathedral Profiles | ||
St. James' Anglican Church (Parish of Saint James, Vancouver) 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.
The original building was completed in the spring of 1881 on Alexander Street to the north west of the present site and was sponsored by Captain James Raymur, the manager of Hastings Mill. This building burned down in the Great Vancouver Fire of 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 and 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 church in Vancouver, formerly named Granville, until the establishment of a local church (daughter church) that would eventually become the congregation of Christ Church Cathedral.
The worship tradition is Anglo-Catholic. Offices of Morning and Evening Prayer are said daily. Low Mass is said daily except Saturdays. Solemn (High) Mass is sung every Sunday at 10:30 a.m. and Evening Prayer is said at 5:00 p.m. in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel.
The Rector of the Parish of St James, Vancouver is the Reverend (Canon) Father Kevin Hunt. Brian Rocksborough-Smith is the Rector's Warden. The other Wardens are Pat McSherry and Doug Ibbott. The other members of the Parish's Board of Trustees include the Treasurer, Christopher Orr, and the Lay Delegates to Synod: P. J. Janson, Kelvin Bee and Justin Berger. 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.