St John’s Anglican Church was opened in 27 March 1881 (New Zealand Herald 1 April 1881, p.3. The Anglicans were the last of the four primary denominations in Tuakau to construct a purpose-built church. Prior to construction of St John’s Church they used the old Tuakau school building on River Road for worship services (New Zealand Herald 17 July 1873, p.3).
The old Anglican Church was sold and moved to the corner of Church Street and Edinburgh Street and converted in to a residence (Taukau and District Museum Society Inc., n.d. Photograph 245 information).
1959-60 the new St John's Before the Latin Gate replaced the earlier 1881St John the Evangelist Church building. White, Leigh, de Lisle & Fraser, were the architects. The entrance gates are dedicated to the memory of Molly Brough.
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