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Used 2B a Church Micro #0090 Multi-Cache

Hidden : 10/8/2019
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


This collection of caches has nothing to do with the Church Micro series in the UK. Given that the Australian 2016 census indicates that No Religion and Jedi Knight are the fastest increasing classifications of the optional religion question "What is the person's religion?" it is not surprising that there is surfeit of empty churches and support buildings that have been repurposed.

 

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Church of Christ
A chapel was constructed on the north side of Grote Street, but towards the eastern end, for the Church of Christ congregation led by Thomas Magarey. The low building, with its plain stucco façade and belfry, was opened on 14 December 1856. A Sunday school was built to the rear and east of the church in the mid 1880s.

In 1921 Howard Culley drew up plans for a new and larger chapel. The contract for its construction was awarded to Goodenough & Son in 1924. Mrs Gardson and Mrs A Cleveland laid the foundation stone in early 1925. Services to commemorate the opening of the new chapel were held on 24 and 25 April of that year. The predominantly bluestone church featured a front panel of red brick, brick buttresses and a steeply pitched roof. The bluestone came from Tapleys Hill quarries.
The Church of Christ in Grote Street, which is no longer in use as a church, was opened on Saturday 24 April 1926, replacing an earlier building dating from 1856 which stood alongside it for some years afterwards.  The new building was designed by architect Howard Calley in Tudor Gothic style, and built of Tapley Hill bluestone, Murray Bridge freestone and special colour-blend bricks. 

The old church was demolished in 1940 and the school demolished to make way for a car park in the late twentieth century. The 1920s church also ceased to be used for religious purposes around this time. Subsequently, when not lying empty, it has been used as a restaurant and entertainment venue.

At the listed coordinates there is a foundation stone
From that stone gather the following information

A = Number of T
B = 3rd number
C = 1st number
D = 6th number
E = 6th number
F = 6th number + 2nd number

The Cache can be found at

S34 55.ABC E138 35.DEF

Decimal Minutes checksum = 9 + 17 = 26

Happy hunting
 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Qb abg jnvfg gbb zhpu gvzr ng gur yrqtr.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)