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Designed by the same architect as the Sultan Abdul Samad building, AC Norman, the place of worship dated back to 1894. Here you can find a fine pipe organ. The Anglican Church of St. Mary the Virgin was consecrated on 13th February 1887 by the Rt. Rev. George Frederick Hose, Bishop of Singapore and Sarawak.

Mary's Church started as an unpretentious wooden building along Bluff Road top of the hill now known as Bukit Aman. This wooden church which cost $1,363/- to build, could accommodate up to 95 people at full capacity. St. Mary's was a centre of worship and the spiritual life of the small group of Anglicans in and around Kuala Lumpur at that time.

Among these early parishioners were W.M. Treacher, the British Resident and other well remembered personalities such as F.A. Swettenham, E.W. Birch. A.R. Venning, G. Murray Campbell and C.E. Spoone.The congregation grew steadily, and in 1893 it was decided to build a new and larger church.

A Church Building Fund appeal was launched. It raised $5,168 and the Governor of the Straits Settlements, Sir Cecil C. Smith, agreed that the Government of Selangor would provide the remaining $5000 needed for the construction of the new church. Interestingly, there were a number of non-Christians who responded to the appeal. Prominent among them were Yap Ah Loy, "the Captain China", who donated a significant sum of $1000, and K. Thamboosamy Pillay, who gave $50.