Here’s the Old Christ Church in the pioneer village in Downtown Pensacola. The structure was built in 1832. The interior looks as if the church is still active. In fact, the church has not been active for services since 1935.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Archive for Florida Churches
The Shrine of La Leche, St. Augustine. – Swampy’s Florida Sunday Services.
The Shrine of La Leche, St. Augustine. – Swampy’s Florida Sunday Services. This postcard doesn’t have a date on it. Well, that is except for the date of September 8th, 1565, which is when it is thought our country’s first[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Sunday Services: Beulah Missionary Baptist Church, Dunnellon
Unfortunately, the church doesn’t have a website and there are no markings on the building telling when the building was built. Fortunately the Facebook page added since I took this photo in 2013 reveals the building was opened in 1912.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s the Historical Church in the little city of Fellsmere. People in the community built this church in 1922. The spire and cross were blown off the building during a storm in 1955 and the bell was removed in 1990.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Sunday Services: First Presbyterian Church in Downtown Tallahassee, 1953.
Here’s the First Presbyterian Church in Downtown Tallahassee. The church has changed much as you can see below. This postcard was mailed in 1953. Some one named Opie mailed this card to E.F. Smith in Washington, D.C. Opie writes on[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Tourist Church, Daytona Beach. – Swampy’s Sunday Services.
Here’s, what was once known as, the Tourist Church in Daytona Beach. It was built in 1929 and still exists today. Now the structure is home to the Seabreeze United Church of Christ. Back at the time the building was[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s a Women’s Society luncheon at the College Heights United Methodist Church in Lakeland in the 1950s. This photo is from the book ‘On the Wings of Faith A History of College Heights United Methodist Church, Lakeland Florida – 1912-1987‘[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Lake Eustis Christian Church was built in 1894 and sits at the corner of Center Street and Orange Avenue in Eustis. I took these photographs back in 2013. Click here to learn more about the church and plan a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
1st United Methodist Church, Bradenton, 1949. – Swampy’s Florida Sunday Services.
Here’s the First United Methodist Church in Bradenton. The postcard is postmarked 1949 and mailed to Mrs. Ella Bates in Beloit, Wisconsin. The church is still there today. Click here to learn more about or to plan a visit.: Home[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The First Assembly of God began in Bagdad, very near Milton in the Panhandle, by a group calling itself the “Sanctified People” in the 1920s. The church moved a bit to another site in 1927 in a new building. In[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s 1940 and members of the Mt. Pleasant AME Church in Lakeland pose for this photograph. There appears to have once been a website for the church, but it no longer is working. This photo is from ‘In the Midst[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This unmarked card appears to be from the 1950s. The parish itself was established in 1921. Though this church appears to be newer than that. The history of the church is not mentioned on the church’s website, so I don’t[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…