Temple protestant

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History

The first evangelical service was celebrated in Liévin around 1872. The arrival of families of Protestant Belgian miners from the Charleroi region and the conversion of several Catholic families made a small chapel of worship insufficient. In 1885, the Consistory of the Reformed Evangelical Church of Amiens acquired land at 10 rue François Courtin to build a temple and a manse, realized in 1886. The bombardments of the First World War completely destroyed the buildings. Thanks to war damages, the Protestant community was able to consider rebuilding its place of worship on land on rue Jean-Baptiste Defernez, acquired in 1922. Architect Georges Laude was entrusted with the project. The project comprised the place of worship, a large annex at the rear with function hall and annexes on the ground floor; meeting room on the upper floor with rooms, library, archives room, cloakrooms. The inauguration took place in 1925. The spire of the bell tower was removed in the 1980s.