St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church

St. Andrew's has been valued as a place of spiritual and religious importance to many Rosslanders since its construction and consecration in 1898. Originally built as a Presbyterian church, St. Andrew's became a United Church of Canada in 1925 when the Methodist, Presbyterian and Congregational faiths amalgamated.

The Large Annex, adjoining the Sanctuary on its western side, has been of social and cultural significance to Rosslanders since its construction in 1912. It was built to meet the recreational and social needs of both the congregation and the community, and its large open space (30'X50') has continued to be well used by a diversity of groups for activities, events and gatherings.

Two additions to the original Church, the Large Annex (1912) and the Small Annex (1920s), reflect increasing church attendance and involvement at a time when the population of Rossland was fairly static. Perhaps the greatest increase was in the number of children - when the final additional space was created at St. Andrew's by digging out a basement under the Large Annex for Sunday School rooms in the 1940s, there were close to 300 children attending St. Andrew's Sunday School.

Architecturally, St. Andrew's is a typical church of its time and is similar to other early churches of Rossland with its pitched roof, steeple on the front of the building, bell, and windows of colored or stained glass. St. Andrew's embodies religious, spiritual, social and cultural aspects of the community's past and present.