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Historic Florida Churches
By Joy Sheffield Harris


Roser Memorial Community Church
This pretty little church on Anna Maria Island was built in 1913.

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Dec 19, 20241 min read


Andrews Memorial Chapel - Dunedin
Early Dunedin homesteader B. M. Brown and the Emerson family donated land for the construction of a church in 1876. Before it was built,...

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Dec 18, 20241 min read


Shady Grove Methodist
Robert M. Hendry moved from Georgia and purchased farmland in the Shady Grove area in 1852. Reverend Hendry, a Methodist Circuit Rider in...

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Dec 17, 20241 min read


Episcopal Church of the Holy Spirit
Orange County, Apopka: This little church began as a simple rectangular board and batten structure built in 1886 by the First...

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Dec 16, 20241 min read


First Presbyterian Lynn Haven
Construction on the First Presbyterian Church of Lynn Haven was completed in 1916. This classic Casrpenter Gothic style church is...

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Dec 14, 20241 min read


First Presbyterian Church
The First Presbyterian Church in Starke, featuring Victorian-style architecture, was originally dedicated on Cherry Street in 1886 and...

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Dec 13, 20241 min read


First Baptist Church Boca Grande
The First Baptist Church of Boca Grande is the oldest church building on Gasparilla Island and housed one of the island's two oldest...

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Dec 12, 20241 min read


Holy Trinity Episcopal Church
First organized in 1884, Holy Trinity Episcopal Church was erected in 1886 on land donated by Lucy Boardman, who also provided plans for...

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Dec 11, 20241 min read


Grace Episcopal Church, Port Orange
Originally part of a 1790 Spanish land grant, the settlement now known as Port Orange began in 1885. The 1888 Diocesan Journal listed the...

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Dec 10, 20241 min read


Georgiana First Methodist
Georgianna United Methodist Church was built in the community of Georgiana on Merritt's Island in 1886. The ringing of the church bell...

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Dec 9, 20241 min read


Bronson United Methodist
Bronson United Methodist Church is known in our community as the "pretty little white church next to the courthouse." The current...

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Dec 8, 20241 min read


St. Paul’s Episcopal Church aka San Marco Preservation Hall, Jacksonville, Duval County
St. Paul's Episcopal Church was established in 1887 and constructed the next year in the Carpenter Gothic style using local yellow pine....

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Dec 6, 20241 min read


First Presbyterian Church Kissimmee
The rose window translated in wood is one of the unique features of this historic church in downtown Kissimmee. Organized in 1884 the...

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Dec 4, 20241 min read


Altamonte Chapel
Location: 825 East Altamonte Drive County: Seminole City: Altamonte Springs Description: Built in 1885, this chapel began as the Lake...

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Dec 2, 20241 min read


St. Luke’s Cathedral, Orlando
Florida Historical Marker Reads: Francis Wayles Eppes, grandson of President Thomas Jefferson, moved from Tallahassee to Orlando in...

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Nov 15, 20241 min read


Archer Presbyterian Church
Description: Bethlehem Presbyterian Church was first organized in 1866 at Wacahoota, a farming community southwest of Archer. The early...

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Nov 15, 20241 min read


St. Mary’s Episcopal Church Palatka
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in Palatka was founded in 1883. This small Carpenter Gothic style wood frame structure has board and batten...

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Oct 31, 20241 min read


Corinth Methodist, Lee
Founded in 1881 theCorinth Methodist Church near Lake City is beautiful in its simplicity.

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Oct 29, 20241 min read


All Saints aka Church of the Nativity Huntington
This original 1882 St. Johns River church was moved from Jacksonville to Huntington in 1891.

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Oct 24, 20241 min read


St. Thomas Episcopal Church Eustis
St. Thomas Episcopal Church was the first church building in Eustis. In 1921 the church was sawed in two and enlargred in order to...

Joy Harris
Oct 22, 20241 min read
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