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Union Congregational Church (Tavares, Florida)
The Union Congregational Church is a historic Carpenter Gothic style United Church of Christ church building located at 302 St. Clair Abrams Avenue in Tavares, Florida. The congregation was organized in 1885 and the church was built on land donated by the founder of Tavares, Alexander St. Clair-Abrams, Major Alexander H. St. Clair Abrams. The building was expanded in 1988. In 1989, the church was listed as in ''A Guide to Florida's Historic Architecture'', published by the University of Florida Press." Union Congregational Church is still an active congregation. References External links Carpenter Gothic church buildings in Florida Churches in Lake County, Florida United Church of Christ churches in Florida 1885 establishments in Florida Churches completed in 1888 {{Florida-church-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tavares, Florida
Tavares (, ) is a city and the county seat of Lake County, Florida. The population at the 2020 census was 19,003, and in 2019 the population was estimated to be 17,749. It is part of the Orlando–Kissimmee–Sanford Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Organized in 1885, and completed in 1888 on land donated by St. Clair-Abrams, the Union Congregational Church was the first church in Tavares. Tavares was founded in 1880 by Alexander St. Clair-Abrams, a newspaper and railroad man from a Creole family in New Orleans . He gave it the surname of a Portuguese ancestor. In 1883 a post office was established; by the next year, a hotel, three stores, a sawmill, and eight cottages were built. Investing over half a million dollars of his own money. St. Clair-Abrams's dream of Tavares as the state capital was not realized, but in 1887 it was designated the county seat of Lake County. St. Clair-Abrams later chartered a railroad from Tavares to Orlando. In 1919, Tavares inco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
