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Description: 1) Salvation Army.
There is something akin to romance in pioneering. Something of a thrill. When the first Salvation Army officers, Captain Wells and Lieutenant Bain, came to the district they were greeted by the sounds of the saw and the axe, of bullock driver and mill.

2) Gospel Hall.
The Gospel Hall, Oxford Street, which is also celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, was commenced largely through the instrumentality of Mr. and Mrs. John Phillips and family, who came to Levin in 1906. The Hall, erected by Mr Amos Mudgway, was opened in November 1906, with a membership of 12 or 15, and special services were held to mark the occasion.

3) Anglican.
The first Church of England service in Levin was held about 1890. Then Archdeacon Thomas Francourt, vicar of Porirua, at the request of Mr. Stuckey, held a service in a punga log hall at Bartholomew's mill, close to where Roslyn Road now joins the Foxton Road. Levin's settlers walked to the service along the only highway available - the railway track.

4) Tale of a bell.
Feature of the old St. Mary's Anglican Church was its quaint steeple, which could be seen for miles around in those days when Levin was not closely settled.