Built 1881 Opened 1881 Added to NRHP 10 August 1978 | NRHP Reference # 78000951 Phone +1 850-222-2636 | |
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Location 211 N. Monroe St., Tallahassee, Florida Address 211 N Monroe St, Tallahassee, FL 32301, USA Architectural style Gothic Revival architecture Similar Episcopal Diocese of Florida, Co‑Cathedral of Saint Thomas, John Gil Riley Hou, Woman's Club of Tallahassee, San Luis de Apalache Profiles | ||
St. John's Episcopal Church is an historic church in Tallahassee, Florida. It is located at 211 North Monroe Street. On August 10, 1978, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
The church body was first constituted in 1829. Services were held in the old Leon County court house on Monroe Street from 1829 to 1837. From 1837 to 1879 services were held in first church building at the same site. This building was consecrated in 1838, but eventually burned down in 1879. Services resumed in the court house, which also eventually burned down, and then in the capitol building, during the erection of present Gothic style, red brick church, erected in 1880 and dedicated in 1888. This building still stands, with art glass and memorial glass windows, pipe organ, bronze memorial tablet, altar service, bronze memorial tablet, altar service, carved lectern, prie-dieu, carillon. The church owns its rectory.
The first pastor was Reverend Seneca G. Bragg from 1831–34, out of the Protestant Episcopal Theological Seminary, Alexandria, Va.
The present pastor is Revevernd Jeffery Alfriend (1925-), out of the Protestant Episcopal Theological Seminary, Alexandria, Va.