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The Free South Church
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The church now known as St. Mark's was constructed as the new home for the Free South Congregation. They had previously worshiped in the southern part of Archibald Simpson's Triple Kirks. The first public sermons were held in the church on the evening of 17th March 1892, shortly after its construction. Along with the Public Library the church was one of the first buildings along the new Rosemount Viaduct. The official opening sermons were delivered on the 18th by Dr Walter Ross Taylor, of Glasgow, and Rev. Professor Salmond, D.D. This was the first occasion that the Lord Provost and magistrates had officially attended the opening of a dissenting church. "Church architecture has become so much associated in one's mind with tall spires and gothic windows, that there is difficulty on the part of many people of the old school in reconciling themselves to any departure from that idea. There is no reason, however, why there should not be varieties in ecclesiastical architecture as well as in other public buildings, and the new Free South Church in Aberdeen, which is just undergoing the finishing touches, and will be opened on Sabbath next for public worship, affords a welcome change in its external aspect from the general style of such buildings." The Evening Express, 16th March 1892.
The church now known as St. Mark's was constructed as the new home for the Free South Congregation. They had previously worshiped in the southern part of Archibald Simpson's Triple Kirks.
The first public sermons were held in the church on the evening of 17th March 1892, shortly after its construction. Along with the Public Library the church was one of the first buildings along the new Rosemount Viaduct. The official opening sermons were delivered on the 18th by Dr Walter Ross Taylor, of Glasgow, and Rev. Professor Salmond, D.D. This was the first occasion that the Lord Provost and magistrates had officially attended the opening of a dissenting church.
"Church architecture has become so much associated in one's mind with tall spires and gothic windows, that there is difficulty on the part of many people of the old school in reconciling themselves to any departure from that idea. There is no reason, however, why there should not be varieties in ecclesiastical architecture as well as in other public buildings, and the new Free South Church in Aberdeen, which is just undergoing the finishing touches, and will be opened on Sabbath next for public worship, affords a welcome change in its external aspect from the general style of such buildings." The Evening Express, 16th March 1892.
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Rosemount Viaduct
Rosemount Viaduct
Rosemount Viaduct, Aberdeen
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