Here’s the Sparr United Methodist Church in Sparr in northern Marion County. Click here to learn more about and visit this church.
Archive for Florida Churches
Swampy’s Sunday Services: Orlando Air Base Post Chapel, 1943.
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…
Swampy’s Sunday Services: St. Anne’s Shrine, Lake Wales.
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.
Swampy’s Sunday Services: Christ’s Church, Pensacola
The original Christ Church built in 1830 stands in the Pensacola Historic Village in Downtown Pensacola. This was the second church that was built in 1903. Click here to learn more about the church and plan a visit. There are[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Sunday Services: St Peter Catholic Church, DeLand
Here is the earlier Swampy’s post with recent photos of the church. Click here to learn more about the St Peter Catholic Church click here to plan a visit. This photo is from ‘Cross & Crozier: The History of the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Sunday Services: St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, Palm Bay.
Back when Palm Bay was known as Tillman, Benedictine Father Gabriel Ruppert had his parishoners build the church above in 1914. It’s built of cypress with a tin roof. It still stands today and can be found at 1425 Miller[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Sunday Services: Baptist Church, Orlando, 1910.
This postcard was mailed February 28th, 1910 from Orlando to Mr. Harold Cady in Bellows Falls in Vermont.
Swampy’s Sunday Services: All Saints Episcopal Church, Lakeland
This is the All Saints Episcopal Church in the heart of Downtown Lakeland. The postcard wasn’t mailed, so it’s uncertain what year this photo was taken. Click here to go to the church’s website and learn more about it. This[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Sunday Services: St Peter Catholic Church, DeLand
Here’s St Peter Catholic Church in DeLand. Click here to read the history of the church and visit the church’s website to plan a visit to this historic church.
Swampy stops in Christmas in eastern Orange County to feature Fort Christmas Baptist Church at 23600 E. Colonial Drive. Don’t know when the church was built. Pastor Ken Mann tells me the church was built in 1946. The building below[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The First United Methodist Church in Pensacola is the oldest Methodist church built 1821. Below are other photos of the exterior. The last photo is of Swampy inside the church where an antique show was happening. Found postcards soon to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…