St.MARY MAGDALENE CHURCH is one of the Largest and oldest Worship Churches in LAHORE. Constructed in 1856 AD, this Magnificent structure took 6 Years to build and a total of Rs. 90,000 at the time. Its old name was Mian Mir Cantonment Church and was constructed with Wood Initially, which was severely damaged during British War.
Later, In 1849, the Chief of the British army staff of that time commissioned Capt. G.N. Sharp, an army engineer from the Bengal regiment to Design a Church for Army Officers. This Church was under the Calcutta diocese.
The church is decorated with the finest lime mortar. Plaster is done in such a manner that it looks like white stone but is actually patterned like tile.
The white marble flagstone used in the Church was the same as used in the small garden in front of the Divan-e-Khas Pavilion in Lahore Fort.
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| My matriculation batch sitting in front of ST. Mary Magdalene Church 1997 for group photo |
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| During our School days, ST. Mary Magdalene Church Lahore is the background 1995 |
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| Adjacent Cathedral School Building |
I have just found a prize given to my mother to reward her for regular attendance at St Mary Magdalene in 1934. She was 6 years old at the time. Her father was serving in the RAF.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the information and the lovely photos of this beautiful church. My mother talked a lot about her time in Lahore as a child. She was expelled from school for having friends from the local poplace.
Thank you for your comment, its really a wonderful architecture, i studied 14 years in Cathedral school and college that constructed along the church in 1980.
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