St. James House of Prayer Episcopal Church
St. James House of Prayer Episcopal Church | |
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Territory | Diocese of Southwest Florida |
Website | |
http://www.sjhoptpa.org/ | |
Episcopal House of Prayer | |
Coordinates | 27°58′0″N 82°27′20″W / 27.96667°N 82.45556°W |
Built | 1922 |
Architect | Louis A. Fort |
Architectural style | Late Gothic Revival |
Part of | Tampa Heights Historic District (ID95000979) |
NRHP reference No. | 91000105[1] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | February 21, 1991 |
Designated CP | August 4, 1995 |
St. James House of Prayer Episcopal Church, also known as the Episcopal House of Prayer, is an active
Parish history
St. James House of Prayer is an active parish under the Tampa
The congregation officially formed in 1997 through the merger of two long established congregations, St. James Episcopal Church and The House of Prayer Episcopal Church. The merger of the two was made after the former St. James Church property was chosen as the site for the new Blake High School. Meanwhile, The House of Prayer had lost their rector and parish status after a decline in membership. Joining the two congregations was mutually beneficial, matching the parishioners in need of a priest with the priest in need of a pulpit. The union resulted in full parish status being conferred upon the new St. James House of Prayer in 2001.[6]
The original St. James Episcopal was organized in 1892 as an Anglican Episcopal Church for the city's black population. At that time, segregation was the norm, and many black Bahamian and Cuban immigrants were arriving in Tampa to work in the cigar industry. St. James Episcopal Church would go on to serve Tampa's African-American community for more than a century.[6]
Nearly as old was Tampa's third white Episcopal church, the House of Prayer, founded in 1907. The church served the population of
Church building
The historic
The building's official listing with the National Register of Historic Places is under the name "Episcopal House of Prayer", since the historic status was determined prior to the merger of churches which created today's St. James House of Prayer Episcopal Church.[2]
See also
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b "Florida - Hillsborough County". National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved March 3, 2010.
- ^ "Tampa Heights Historic District", February 20, 2007. TampaGov. Retrieved March 3, 2010.
- ^ "Landmark Structures". TampaGov. Retrieved March 3, 2010.
- ^ Tampa Deanery of Episcopal Diocese of Southwest Florida
- ^ a b c d "Parish Profile 2009". St. James House of Prayer. Retrieved March 3, 2010.
- ^ Word-Burnside, Margaret. September 2006, "Ask Margaret". Tampa Bay Magazine, page 90-91. Retrieved March 3, 2010.