Moultrie Church

Historic church in St. Augustine Florida

29°48′55″N 81°20′09″W / 29.815278°N 81.335833°W / 29.815278; -81.335833Opened1877Technical detailsMaterialWood with steel roof

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

DesignatedJuneSeptember 8, 2014Reference no.#14000553

Moultrie Church (1877) is a historic church in St. Johns County, Florida. The church in listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

History

The small church was built in 1877 and is surrounded with marked and unmarked graves of fallen soldiers.^[1] The church was originally founded by Southern Methodists in St. Augustine. It once had the name Wildwood Church. For many years the church was vacant, but in 2014, it was called St. Mary's by the Sea. It was part of the Polish National Catholic Church. The PNCC.^[2]

The caretakers of the church are Anthony Hagen and Chrissy Hope.^[1]

The church was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 8, 2014.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b Jones, Colleen (25 August 2019). "Faith in the future". St. Augustine Record. Archived from the original on 28 January 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
^ Jones, Colleen (24 December 2018). "Future of historic St. Augustine church is uncertain". Daily Commercial. Archived from the original on 28 January 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
^ "Moultrie Church". National Park Service. U.S. Department of the Interior. Archived from the original on 28 January 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2022.