St. Andrews Presbyterian Church
NE 4-13-6E,
Garson

Designation Date: October 24, 1990
Designation Authority: Village of Garson
Present Owner: privately owned

Garson is best known for the quarries that produce the distinctive limestone called Tyndall stone (so named for the rail stop in Tyndall from which the stone was shipped). Hundreds of buildings across the country boast Tyndall stone details; the Houses of Parliament in Ottawa being only the most famous. But there is a building just across the street from the Gillis quarry that also claims this heritage. When local Presbyterians undertook to build their church, the quarry donated the stone and the skilled masons, and the church was ready for its first service in 1910. It is a very fine building, its rugged stone walls and pointed windows a clear expression of the Scottish parish churches that are its models. In 1925, as part of the national union of Methodists and many Presbyterians, St. Andrews joined the United Church of Canada.