Church of the Messiah

The Church of the Messiah was located in the Olneyville section of Providence, Rhode Island. In the mid-nineteenth century, Olneyville became a center for textile manufacturing. The Church of the Messiah was founded in 1855 to serve the growing community of Episcopalian textile workers. The original wooden church building was erected at the corner of the Valley and High Streets (now Westminster Street), and the first services were held there in October 1855.

In 1888, Elizabeth Amory Gammell donated a substantial sum to the Church of the Messiah for the purpose of replacing the wooden church building with a more permanent stone structure. This new building was named the Arthur Amory Gammell Memorial Church in honor of Mrs. Gammell's son, who died of pneumonia in 1887 at the age of 25. The new church was completed in 1890.

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