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St. Gabriel's History
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| History of St. Gabriel's | Monthly Calendar |
| St. Gabriel's Church Services | St. Gabriel's Groups & Clubs |
| Notes & Coming Events | Inspirational Poems |
| Photo Gallery | Contact Us |
| An outstanding example of the neo-Gothic
architectural style, St. Gabriel's
Episcopal
Church was built in 1887, on land donated
by J. Dunlin Parkinson, a lay reader
for
the mission, and by Mary E. Titus,
the wife
of Colonel Henry Titus, who is credited
with
founding Titusville. The board and
batten
wood frame building was dedicated on
May
31, 1888, as St. John's Church. Later
that
year, when the congregation learned
that
memorial windows were being donated,
one
of which was to picture St. Gabriel,
the
name was changed to St. Gabriel's Episcopal
Church.
All the stained glass windows in the church,
with the exception of St. Luke, were
made
in England and finished in New York
at either
Lamb and Tiffany's or Gorham's, Fifth
Avenue.
The windows are considered to be one
of the
finest collections of Victorian stained
glass
on the East Coast. |
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| St. Gabriel's was listed in the National
Register of Historic Places on February
16,
1973.
The bell in the bell tower was donated by the ladies in the church in 1892, and is said to be the largest bell in Brevard County. In 1992, the congregation, with the assistance of a state grant and community support, generously donated money for a major restoration project to replace support beams , to re-roof and repaint the church.
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