Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
West Truro Presbyterian Church (Truro, N.S.)
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Description area
Dates of existence
1875-1925
History
West Truro Presbyterian Church was founded in 1875 following the division of the congregation of the Truro Presbyterian Church, at Truro, Nova Scotia. The congregation which the church served had become too large. Church members living west of Young and Lorne Streets became part of the new west Truro congregation. The West Truro Presbyterian Church was erected in 1880, to serve these displaced members. The first minister was the Rev. Andrew Burrows of Ireland. In 1925, the Church, became St. Andrew's United Church, when the Presbyterian and Methodist congregations officially united.