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Historic Florida Churches
By Joy Sheffield Harris


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...

Joy Harris
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...

Joy Harris
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...

Joy Harris
Dec 14, 20241 min read
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