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Key Image Methodist Central Hall
Storey’s Gate
SW1H 9NH London (City of Westminster)
United Kingdom
Denomination: Methodist
Geogr. Coordinates: 51.50009° N, 0.13009° W
Geo Location
Reference year: 1912
Architectural style: Neo-baroque
Description: Great convention hall and smaller chapel in a Viennese Baroque styled building intended for religious and secular conventions
Organ
  • Organ in the Great Hall built in 1912 by William Hill & Sons, revised 1970 by Rushworth and Dreaper and again 2011 by Harrison & Harrison; 3789 speaking pipes, 57 stops (including two 32') on four manuals and pedal
Noteworthy
  • 19th century statue of John Wesley
History:
1898:   Creation of the “Wesleyan Methodist Twentieth Century Fund” or “Million Guinea Fund”, as it was called due to its aim of raising one million Guineas from one million Methodists for the building of a church and convention building to mark the centenary of John Wesley’s death.
1905:   Construction starts (architect Edwin Alfred Rickards)
03/10/1912:   Opening ceremony
10/01/1946:   The first-ever meeting of the United Nations takes place in the Great Hall
Important persons:
Monument:  Wesley, John (1703–91, minister, misisonary and founder of the Methodist movement)
Sources
Methodist Central Hall: History, https://methodist-central-hall.org.uk/services/history/, retrieved 26/11/2017
Wikipedia: Methodist Central Hall, Westminster, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methodist_Central_Hall,_Westminster#Organ, retrieved 15/04/2020
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