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Kowloon Union Church [1931- ]

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Submitted by Admin on Fri, 2009-11-13 11:52
Date Place completed: 
1931-01-01

Notes on the building's history here.

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Submitted by moddsey on Fri, 2017-11-03 10:40.

For Jill - the flooring in green and white Terrazzo marble was laid down by C. E. Warren Co. Ltd.

Submitted by jill on Sat, 2017-11-04 14:53.

Thanks for this interesting snippet of information, moddsey. As it happens, green and white were the racing colours of my grandfather, C.E. Warren (1872-1923), who used the racing name "Mr Towers". In 1931 my uncle, Leslie Warren had taken over the management of the company and was taking on interior design as a part of his projects. I don't know whether green and white still held special significance for him as a C. E. Warren company hallmark.

Submitted by moddsey on Tue, 2018-01-16 06:57.

Marble flooring laid down by C. E. Warren Co. Ltd. Not sure if the green and white match the racing colours.

2017 Kowloon Union Church - Marble Flooring
2017 Kowloon Union Church - Marble Flooring, by Moddsey

Submitted by jill on Tue, 2018-01-16 07:11.

Moddsey, how very kind of you to take this photo for me. It’s lovely to know that there are still bits and pieces designed by my family - here a marble floor; there a manhole cover - surviving in present day Hong Kong. The green and white chequered floor looks almost brand new. Thank you!

Jill

 

Submitted by Maggie Mathieson on Thu, 2019-05-16 13:00.

Dear All,

My name is Maggie Mathieson and I am currently serving as Minister in Kowloon Union Church. 

Last year the AMO announced that our wee church has been declared a monument! Due to the Japanese occupation and other things we are unfortunately very low on archives surrounding our church's story.

I would like to make an appeal to anyone who are members of this group to share any photographs or family stories with us here. 

You can reach me at maggie@kuc.hk or maggienudnik@gmail.com 

Thank you all 

Revd. Maggie Mathieson

Submitted by philk on Thu, 2019-05-16 18:02.

Hi Maggie

many congratulations. Does the grading cover the neighbouring manse as well?

Regards

Phil

Submitted by Maggie Mathieson on Thu, 2019-05-16 19:23.
hi there Phil, thank you for your well wishes. The Manse building is graded but not included in the Monument status. We renovated the manse building a few years ago and it is open To the public Mon ~ Fri from 12 noon to 2pm . There are odd days when it is not open to check on this you can find us on Facebook under KUCspace. thanks again Maggie