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By the busy Mount Road is
situated the impressive building of the Christ
Church and Christ Church Schools with a long history
of about a century and a half. Rev. Henry Taylor,
Chaplain in the Service of East India Company,
realizing the sad plight of the poor people in and
around the Mount Road area, opened a large room for
public worship in July 1842, which of course, marked
the humble beginning of the Christ Church and the
Schools. The newly acquired plot was then given to
the Bishop for use by what was then the Mount Road
Chapel. Arch Deacon Harper established two schools
in the chapel compound in 1843 and these schools
were then known as the Mount Road Male and Female
Schools, which were reorganized and later named
Christ Church Schools.
Anna Salai (near Cosmopolitan Club)
Chennai - 600 002.
Tel : 28583203. |