St. John's Episcopal Church (Tallahassee, Florida)

St. John's Episcopal Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
St. John's Episcopal Church
Location	211 N. Monroe St., Tallahassee, Florida
Coordinates	30°26′37″N 84°16′49″W
Built	1881
Architectural style	Late Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.	78000951
Added to NRHP	August 10, 1978

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.

References and external links

• Leon County listings at National Register of Historic Places
• Florida's Office of Cultural and Historical Programs
  • Leon County listings
  • St. John's Episcopal Church