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The town was planned to have First through Fourth Streets. First somehow became Front Street, porbably because it went in "front" of the mill. Third ended up as Church Street because the Methodists and Baptists built thier church houses there.
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The plaque is located on the front of the church on the right side of the door.
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The plaque is located on the front of the church on the right side of the door.
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The church does not have a clear style since it has evolved over time. It has been described as Gothic. In 1832, the church was built for $4,500.00. In the late 1990’s the Historic Pnesacola Preservation Board spend $800,000.00 to rehabilitate the church.
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Originally the building was slicked with a white-colored lime wash to support the weak bake-fired bricks with which it was constructed.
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For a brief while during the Civil War, the entire congregation of Old Christ Church along with all but about 80 of Pensacola’s population, fled to Alabama. During their absence, Union troops occupied the church and used it as a hospital and barracks.
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This is a north view from the vantage point of Church Street.
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Today the building is at the center of Historic Pensacola Village to be used for concerts, recitals, lectures, adn weddings as well as a community town hall.
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The south side of the church is on Zaragoza Street.
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The Christ Church Episcopal parishioners moved into a new church on north Palafox in 1903. The Episcopal Bishop of Florida deconsecrated the building 1935. The building served as the first public library until 1959. Between 1959 and 1995, Pensacola Historical Museum based itself in the bulding, but by 1995 the church had again fallen into disrepair. In 1995, the city voted to return the deed to Old Christ Church vestry who in turn leased it to Historic Pensacola to make it eligible for state grants to fund the necessary repairs.
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Old Christ Church is situated on the corner of Adams and Zaragoza Street across from Seville Square, as can be seen in the photograph.
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The Dorr House can be seen across the front lawn.