St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church

St. Andrew’s traces its roots to 1848 when Brampton area Presbyterians appointed their first minister. Construction of the current building commenced on 1 July 1880 and was completed by October of 1881. The current building is constructed of Credit Valley stone quarried from a site in Caledon owned by Kenneth Chisholm. The design is the work of the Toronto architectural firm Gordon and Helliwell, a pair well known for their church commissions in Toronto. The interior of the sanctuary is based on the ‘Akron Plan’, a semi-circular pew arrangement with a gallery of the same shape, named for a church in Akron Ohio where it was first used.

This building has cultural heritage value on many levels: it displays the talents of its architects for designing a sanctuary and auditorium that, for more than 100 years, have provided a useful and beautiful facility, it reveals the skills of the Brampton tradesman who built this edifice, is a testament to the long standing contribution of Presbyterianism in the Brampton area, and it is an important Brampton landmark.