St. Bartholomew's Church

St. Bartholomew's Church is a Florida historical marker in Pinellas County, dedicated 1963.

3747 34th St. S., St. Petersburg

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Oldest church in Pinellas County, it was organized April 20, 1887. It was constructed in the summer of 1887 by a handful of pioneers equipped with crude tools. Built of unturpentined pine, Church records indicate the first building cost $673. Dr. John B.Abercrombie donated an acre of land for the church April 28, 1887. The original Church building has since been enlarged and is still used for regular services.

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1860 · Johnson's Florida (1860) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1868 · Colton's Florida (1868) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1870 · Johnson's Florida (1870) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1890 · Township map Florida. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1921 · Fort De Soto, Florida (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

Johnson's Florida (1870), 1870, covering the location of St. Bartholomew's Church, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Johnson's Florida (1870), 1870, covering this location. Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Marker data: Florida Historical Marker Program, Division of Historical Resources, Florida Department of State

St. Bartholomew's Church

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