St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church of Temperley (''Spanish: Iglesia Presbiteriana San Andrés de Temperley'') is a temple of
Presbyterian religion, located in the "barrio inglés" of
Temperley
Temperley is a district in Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina, located in the south of Lomas de Zamora Partido.
History
In 1854 the industrial and textile merchant George Temperley (born in 1823 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England) bought from the M ...
, southern part of the
Greater Buenos Aires
Greater Buenos Aires ( es, Gran Buenos Aires, GBA), also known as the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area ( es, Área Metropolitana de Buenos Aires, AMBA), refers to the urban agglomeration comprising the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires and the adjac ...
.
History
Established in 1913, this church was originally conceived to house the large number of
British residents of the area, mostly Protestant. It was made by the work of the English architects,
Walter Bassett Smith and
Bertie Hawkins Collcutt, who started the works in 1911.
St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church of Temperley was declared as historical heritage of Argentina in 2018.
References
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Churches in Buenos Aires Province
Churches in Argentina
20th-century Presbyterian churches
Christianity in Buenos Aires