St. James’s Episcopalian church
Between Constitution Street and the Links stands
St. James’s Episcopalian church, an ornate edifice
in the Gothic style, designed by Sir Gilbert Scott,
having a fine steeple, containing a chime of bells.
It was built in 1862—3, succeeding a previous chapel
of 180 5 (erected at the cost of £1,610) on an adjacent
site , and to which
attention was frequently drawn from the literary
celebrity of its minister, Dr. Michael Russell, the
author of a continuation of Prideaux’s ” Connection
of Sacred and Profane History,” and other works.
According to Arnot, the congregation had an origin
that was not uncommon in the eighteenth century.
source-Old and New Edinburgh
