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…
Archive for Florida Churches
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…
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Winter Haven. – Swampy’s Florida Sunday Services.
This is St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Winter Haven before a fire in 1985 burn the entire place down. The church was later rebuilt. Would love to know why the buildings were rebuilt apart. Click here to learn more about[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s the First Presbyterian Church of Pompano Beach, built in 1959. The church looks much the same today with a very significant difference – It is very Pink. In fact, for the past couple decades, the structure has been known[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
First Presbyterian Church, Pensacola – Swampy’s Florida Sunday Services.
Here’s the First Presbyterian Church in Pensacola. The church was established in 1845, yet it wasn’t until 1888 until the first church was built. Eventually the 1888 was replaced with this one in 1967. You can learn more and plan[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Florida Sunday Services: Union Congregational Church, Tavares.
This is the Union Congregational Church in Tavares. It was built in 1888 after the congregation was organized in 1885. The land for the church was donated by the founder of Tavares, Major Alexander Abrams. Click here for the website[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is what the Baptist Church looked like in Orlando back in 1910. The church was located on the corner of Pine Street and Main Street (Now Magnolia Avenue). The little structure just to the left of the church and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Building the Methodist Church, St Cloud, 1909. – Swampy’s Florida Sunday Services.
The Methodist Church in St. Cloud gets built in 1909 at the corner of 10th Street and Ohio Avenue. this is the back of the church. Posing is the volunteer construction crew. Behind them is a tent used by the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Historic Derby Street Chapel is just south of the Historic Cocoa Village in Brevard County. The structure was built between 1919 and 1924 for the Seven Day Adventist Church. The building changed hands among a number of faiths over[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A zeppelin flies over St. Pauls Episcopal Church in Key West during Armistice Day, November 11th, 1918. St. Pauls original wooden church was destroyed in 1909 by a hurricane. The new church was being still being constructed when this photograph[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Henry Flagler donated three lots of land to have this first Methodist Church built in Miami in 1898. This photo is from ‘Yesterday’s Miami’ by Nixon Smiley. You can purchase a copy of this book by clicking here: https://amzn.to/3LzdaQ1 .[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…