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Archive for Florida Architecture
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Swampy’s Sunday Services: St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, Green Cove Springs, built 1879.
on May 25, 2014
at 2:27 am
The Dioceses of Florida organized the mission of St. Mary’s a year before the building was built in 1879. This structure has heard many sermons since the first was given March 10th, 1879. Here’s the view of the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Postcard Monday: Hotel Seminole, Jacksonville.
on May 12, 2014
at 3:58 pm
This is actually a blotter in the Swampy collection. I’ve also seen it as a postcard and the blotter is the exact size of a postcard. It advertises the J.B. Pounds Hotels. The Hotel Seminole in Jacksonville was a part[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Sunday Services: Temple Beth-El, Pensacola, @1900.
on May 11, 2014
at 2:30 pm
This is the second structure of Temple BEth-El. The same congregation built the synagogue in Florida in 1876. Both buildings were destroyed by fire. The congregation still thrives in their third building built in the 1930s. Click here to learn[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Sunday Services: Lutz United Brethren Church, 1914.
on May 4, 2014
at 1:05 am
Here’s the 1914 congregation of the Lutz United Brethren Church in 1914. The church is now the First United Methodist Church of Lutz. You can visit their website and learn more about the church by clicking here. This photo is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I posted the photo above last week while in Lakeland on Facebook. It’s the new Tax Collector’s office. Promising to post more photos, i add them now below. It’s an amazing restoration of an early Publix Supermarket. Publix is based[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s the Sparr United Methodist Church in Sparr in northern Marion County. Click here to learn more about and visit this church.
Swampy’s Sunday Services: Orlando Air Base Post Chapel, 1943.
on March 23, 2014
at 1:27 am
Here’s the chapel that once sat within the boundaries of the Orlando Air Base. This postcard was mailed in 1943 by Private William A. Jarnox who left his address on the postcard as Rollins College, Winter Park. He mailed the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Dixie Theater, Apalachicola, 1947.
on March 19, 2014
at 5:33 am
It’s 1947 at the Dixie Theater and the box office looks quiet. Beside the theater with folks looking out is the Louis’ Cafe. This photo is from Florida Memory.
Swampy’s Sunday Services: St. Anne’s Shrine, Lake Wales.
on March 9, 2014
at 1:54 am
St. Ann’s Shrine was built by French-speaking Catholics in 1923 east of Lake Wales along the shore of Lake St. Anne. The Diocese of St. Augustine de-sanctified the shrine. Remnants of the shrine still exist in the area.