The Murray Church is a historic church built in 1876. Originally it was a Presbyterian Church. In 1927 the church became Murray United Church.  It is the oldest building in the Nicola Valley and also the only building still standing made with local Nicola Valley Lumber. This United Church is the most photographed church in all of the Southern Interior of BC.

 

It was named Murray Church after its founder, Rev. George Murray.  Rev. George Murray arrived in the Nicola Valley in 1875. He moved to New Glasgow, Nova Scotia  and he returned Rev. Murray was the sole Presbyterian minister in the Interior of BC. Rev. Murray since he was the only minister in the Interior of BC as the time, had to ride horse back to the surrounding communities such as Lytton and Lillooet.

 

Charles Sydney Major Goldman was a British businessman, author, and journalist who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1910 until 1918. Major Goldman in 1919 he purchased the Nicola Ranch and Town site in Nicola, British Columbia which grew to some 300,000 acres. He owned all the way up to Monck Provincial Park. Which is now that name. He named this park after his son Commander Victor Robert Penryn Monck Goldman of the Royal Navy. There is a memorial stone in the Murray Church yard. He had purchased all the land including the land that the Murray United Church on today.