Rosedale United Church is a

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church in

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. It is located at 159 Roxborough Drive in the city's Rosedale neighbourhood.

History

Rosedale United Church opened in 1914 as Northern Congregational Church. The congregation relocated to this location from a now-demolished church at 480 Church Street. The building was completed in 1913 in the

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style by architect John Gemmell. In 1925, when the Congregational Church merged with the

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and two-thirds of the

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to form the

, the church was renamed Rosedale United Church. In 2014, singer

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was married to Kim Hasse, his third wife, in the church.

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