St Andrew's Presbyterian Church is a church building

Church Building

The Church Building is located at the corner of Main and Market Streets in downtown Poughkeepsie, New York, United States, just across Market Street from the Dutchess County Court House, and north of the Bardavon Theater...

 of the Presbyterian denomination built on the corner of Ann

Ann Street, Brisbane

Ann Street runs parallel to Adelaide Street and is the northern-most street in the Brisbane CBD in Queensland, Australia. It is a major thoroughfare, running straight through the city and linking the suburb of Fortitude Valley with the Riverside Expressway....

 and Creek Streets, Brisbane

Brisbane

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, Queensland

Queensland

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, Australia

Australia

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 in 1905. Following the merger of Protestant non-conformist churches in Australia in 1977, St Andrew's became part of the Uniting Church and became known as St. Andrew's Uniting Church, Brisbane.

The congregation originally met in a church in Wickham Terrace. However, the railways required the land for extensions to Brisbane's central railway station

Central railway station, Brisbane

Central railway station is, as the name suggests, the central railway station for the Queensland Rail City network in the Brisbane central business district, the state capital of Queensland, Australia...

. A competition was called for the design of the new church. It was won by the architect George Payne, who proposed a Neo-Romanseque

Romanesque Revival architecture

Romanesque Revival is a style of building employed beginning in the mid 19th century inspired by the 11th and 12th century Romanesque architecture...

 style church. The design was simple and severe and did not find favour with many, who had expected a Gothic

Gothic Revival architecture

The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England...

 style church. However, it is regarded as one of the Southern's hemisphere's finest examples of the Neo-Romanseque

Romanesque Revival architecture

Romanesque Revival is a style of building employed beginning in the mid 19th century inspired by the 11th and 12th century Romanesque architecture...

style.

The first service was held in the church on Sunday 27 August 1905, conducted by the Rev. W. Sweyn Macqueen.