Talk:Prince Edward Building

"The site had been occupied by Knox Presbyterian Church until it was demolished."

Alas, an entirely incorrect statement. Knox Presbyterian (later United) Church was on the northeast corner of 12th Avenue and Lorne Street, facing Victoria Park, across the intersection from the downtown public library. It was built early in Regina's history, though badly damaged and rebuilt after the 1912 cyclone. It remained till 1951 when its congregation merged with Metropolitan United (previously Methodist) across from the south end of the park, when its pipe organ was moved to the then-new United Church just south of the creek. There is a photo of it in "Regina's historic buildings and precincts" at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regina%27s_historic_buildings_and_precincts. Masalai (talk) 05:32, 13 December 2011 (UTC)

Photo is here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Knox_Presbyterian_Church,_cnr_12th_Avenue_and_Lorne_Street,_1925.jpg Masalai (talk) 06:01, 13 December 2011 (UTC)

Sorry, but the citation given proved that Knox Presbyterian existed on the corner of 11th Avenue and Scarth Street before the structure on 12th Avenue and Lorne Street was built. I found an additional citation to support this. Since the preponderance of evidence proves that the original statement was correct, I have restored in the article content. --Drm310 (talk) 21:32, 7 January 2012 (UTC)

Ah. Then please mention the years that original Knox was built and demolished. It had already built at 12th Avenue and Lorne Street several years before the 1912 tornado destroyed it. It was rebuilt immediately thereafter and its nearly 40-year old replacement building sold and turn down around 1950 after its congregation merged with Metropolitan -- Methodist till 1925 -- at Victoria Avenue and Lorne Street and also destroyed by the 1912 cyclone but rebuilt and the replacement building still standing. As far as I can discern, the only still remaining bit of Knox is its pipe organ, transmitted to the then-new (and itself apparently barely surviving nowadays) Lakeview United on McCallum Avenue. At least that was so back in the mid-70s when I played it. It would be nice if you clarify your reference to the very briefly-standing original Knox on 11th Avenue. Masalai (talk)

OK, I added the years 1885-1905 in the article body. That should clarify the existence of the original Knox church on the site. --Drm310 (talk) 06:10, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

Well done. Thank you. Possibly not a fascinating historical item to everyone but an interesting item to me who, as I say, have played the Knox Presbyterian-cum-United Church organ -- albeit long after Knox was demolished in the early '50s -- and had relatives going there as well as to Metropolitan. (Organs now in Knox-Met and Holy-Rosary and even the much smaller one in St Paul's -- only two manuals, which I was the first to play -- are vastly better, of course.)Masalai (talk) 08:54, 9 January 2012 (UTC)