[5] Stow Memorial Church, at 12 Flinders Street, Adelaide, was named in memory of the Reverend Thomas Quinton Stow, who had officiated at the first service in a tent on Adelaide's Park Lands in October 1837.

The foundation stone was laid on 7 February 1865[6] and the inaugural worship service was held on 12 April 1867.

[8] Pirie Street Methodist and Stow Memorial congregations united on 1 June 1969 to form the Union Church in the City.

The foundation stone of Stow Memorial Church, at 12 Flinders Street, Adelaide, was laid on 7 February 1865.

[7] It was designed in the Gothic Revival style[12] by Robert George Thomas, who was among the first colonists, arriving in South Australia in 1836 aged 16 years.

[13] Stow Hall, built 1872[14] alongside at 16 Flinders Street, has been a popular venue for amateur theatre productions.