St.Thomas Garrison Church, Mount

St.Thomas  Garrison Church,  GST Road. At the turn of 18th century St.Thomas mount was developing in to a big military  cantonment. A good  number of  British and Native  Christians from the military with their families were residing  there. In order to satisfy the temporal needs of this  congregation the EIC felt the  need of a church.  Rev. Atwood who was the  chaplain of Mount in 1804 requested the government for  a building.  It was got  when Rev.William Roy  was Chaplain in 1820. The  construction of the  church was done during the period 1825-27 and it was consecrated in 1830 by Bishop Turner of Calcutta. It served the  population of cantonment areas from Mount to Pallavaram  till  a separate church came up in Pallavaram in 1850s. The  church had a three tier  steeple which was reduced  in 1972 for the safety of planes touching down in the  airport nearby.
Photo : Church in Madras

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