Robertson-Wesley United Church, Gothic Revival church in Oliver district, Edmonton, Canada
Robertson-Wesley United Church is a High Victorian Gothic Revival building at 123 Street and 102 Avenue in Edmonton's Wîhkwêntôwin neighbourhood. Its interior has a barrel vaulted ceiling, curved pews and acoustics used for musical performances. The congregation formed in 1971 from the merger of Robertson and Wesley United churches and moved into the Robertson building.
Robertson Presbyterian Church formed in 1909 as an offshoot of First Presbyterian Church, meeting in that church's basement until its own building opened in 1910. A larger building went up in 1913 at 123 Street and 102 Avenue, with the first service held there in early 1914. In 1925 the congregation joined the newly founded United Church of Canada and became Robertson United Church. The present name dates from 1971, when Robertson merged with Wesley United Church and the combined congregation moved into the Robertson building.
The name Robertson-Wesley dates from the 1971 merger of Robertson United Church, named for Presbyterian missionary superintendent James Robertson, and Wesley United Church, founded in 1907 as a Methodist congregation. Memorials from the Wesley building were incorporated into the Robertson building when the two joined.
The building features accessible entrances with ramps, an elevator for vertical movement, and assistive listening devices available throughout the worship spaces. Free parking is located along 123 Street and in a designated lot on the north side.
When Wesley United merged into Robertson in 1971, memorials from the Wesley church building were incorporated into the Robertson building, and the Wesley building was later sold to the Canadian Native Friendship Centre, with the sale funds placed in trust for community development.
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