Historical information

Presbyterian Church Reefs Pleasant Creek. Built 1860. Part of a collection of Photographs by Mr. O.G. Armstrong as commissioned by the Shire of Stawell in 1866 for the Inter-colonial and Paris Exhibition in Melbourne in 1866.
This first Presbyterian church was built in Church Street and was of a modest design as it was to be only a temporary house of worship. The first services were held here on Sunday, August the 23rd, 1860.
The present church, St Matthews Uniting Church is situated in Scallon Street and the first service were held there in 1869.

Physical description

House on left with picket fence and striped verandah roofing.
Wooden Church Building on right.