Presbyterianism in Summerside 1853—2003 
     
    
   
   
    
     nal owners. It was quite an incentive to get the build- 
     
     ing project launched. A second offer came from Hillcrest 
     
     Housing Ltd. on Upper Granville Street. The Victoria 
     
     Road site was chosen by the Building Committee. 
     
    

    
     G. Keith Pickard was appointed as architect for the 
     
     planned construction of the new church and Christian 
     
     education centre. Mr. Pickard and the Architectural Com— 
     
     mittee wanted a design that would look simple and 
     
     give the church a warm feeling with a modern look. 
     
     During the following year this committee met weekly 
     
     with Mr. Pickard continually revising the drawings and 
     
     making changes and suggestions to improve the de- 
     
     sign. When the final plans were forwarded to the Pres- 
     
     byterian Church Architectural Committee in Toronto for 
     
     approval they came back without any revisions. The 
     
     Church Architectural Committee was told that it was 
     
     the first time this had ever happened. It was a won- 
     
     derful tribute to the dedication and work of the church 
     
     Architectural Committee which had laboured without 
     
     intermission for a year. 
     
    

    
     Final financing for the new church was arranged and 
     
     the church was constructed with a capital debt of $205 
     
     346.00. The building contract was awarded to Schurman 
     
     Construction Ltd. of Summerside and on July 7, 1968 
     
     the first sod was turned to begin the project. The new 
     
     Summerside Presbyterian Church was formally dedi- 
     
     cated on Wednesday, April 2, 1969. Rev. Dr. D. A. 
     
     Campbell of Zion Presbyterian Church in Charlottetown 
     
     acted as Presiding Moderator. Within a year of the sod- 
     
     turning ceremony, on Easter Sunday, April 6, 1969, 
     
     the congregation met for the first time in their beauti- 
     
     ful new church. 
     
    
   
   
    
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