The Church of Our Saviour is an Episcopal

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in the

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area of

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, U.S. It is located on the

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at 12236 Mandarin Road. The congregation was founded in 1880 by a group Episcopalians, Church of England members and those from other denominations who wanted to start a new church in the

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mode. These people had gathered for Bible readings with Professor Calvin E. Stowe and his famous wife,

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for many years. They constructed a small but sound church building designed by Ellis and McClure in 1883, which stood until 1964 when

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's winds broke off part of a giant Live Oak and sent it crashing through the church's roof. The ''Stowe Memorial stained glass window'', created by

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, was completely destroyed. The congregation built a new church in a similar design; it remains an active parish in the

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References

* Wood, Wayne W., Jacksonville's Architectural Heritage, revised edition 1996, Gainesville: University Press of Florida, p. 284.

External links

Church of Our Saviour website

Diocese of Florida website

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