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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title Churches of Sanford Collection Subject Sanford (Fla.) Churches--Florida Alternative Title Sanford Churches Collection Description Collection of digital images, documents, and other records depicting the religious history of Sanford, Florida. Series descriptions are based on special topics, the majority of which students focused their metadata entries around. The present-day Sanford area was originally inhabited by the Mayaca/Joroco natives by the time Europeans arrived. The tribe was decimated by war and disease by 1760 and was replaced by the Seminole Indians. In 1821, the United States acquired Florida from Spain and Americans began to settled in the state. Camp Monroe was established in the mid-1830s to defend the area against Seminoles during the Seminole Wars. In 1836, the United States Army built a road (present-day Mellonville Avenue) to a location called "Camp Monroe," during the Second Seminole War. Following an attack on February 8, 1837, the camp was renamed "Fort Mellon," in honor of the battle's only American casualty, Captain Charles Mellon. The town of Mellonville was founded nearby in 1842 by Daniel Stewart. When Florida became a state three years later, Mellonville became the county seat for Orange County, which was originally a portion of Mosquito County. Citrus was the first cash crop in the area and the first fruit packing plant was constructed in 1869. In 1870, a lawyer from Connecticut by the name of Henry Shelton Sanford purchased 12,548 acres of open land west of Mellonville. His vision was to make this new land a major port city, both railway and by water. Sitting on Lake Monroe, and the head of the St. Johns River, the City of Sanford earned the nickname of “The Gate City of South Florida.” Sanford became not only a transportation hub, but a leading citrus industry in Florida, and eventually globally. The Great Fire of 1887 devastated the city, which also suffered from a statewide epidemic of yellow fever the following year. The citrus industry flourished until the Great Freezes of 1894 and 1895, causing planters to begin growing celery in 1896 as an alternative. Celery replaced citrus as the city's cash crop and Sanford was nicknamed "Celery City." In 1913, Sanford became the county seat of Seminole County, once part of Orange County. Agriculture dominated the region until Walt Disney World opened in October of 1971, effectively shifting the Central Florida economy towards tourism and residential development. Contributor MacDonald, Kathleen Smith, Austin Is Part Of <a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/16" target="_blank">Sanford Collection</a>, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida. Language eng Type Collection Coverage All Souls Catholic Church, Sanford, Florida New Mount Calvary Baptist Church, Sanford, Florida St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church, Sanford, Florida St. John Missionary Baptist Church, Sanford, Florida St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church, Sanford, Florida Trinity United Methodist Church, Sanford, Florida Zion Hope Missionary Baptist Church, Sanford, Florida Curator Cepero, Laura Digital Collection <a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a> External Reference <span>Joiner, E. Earl. </span><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/348410" target="_blank"><em>A History of Florida Baptists</em></a><span>. Jacksonville, Fla: Printed by Convention Press, 1972.</span> <span>Flewellyn, Valada S. </span><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/320804616"><em>African Americans of Sanford</em></a><span>. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Pub, 2009.</span> <span>Bailey, Julius. </span><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/59879767"><em>Around the Family Altar: Domesticity in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, 1865-1900</em></a><span>. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 2005.</span> <span>Gannon, Michael. </span><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1310797" target="_blank"><em>The Cross in the Sand: The Early Catholic Church in Florida, 1513-1870</em></a><span>. Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 1965.</span> Still Image A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials. Original Format 8 color digital images Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church, 2011 Alternative Title St. James AME Church Subject Sanford (Fla.) Churches--Florida African American churches--Southern States African Methodist Episcopal Church Methodism Methodists--Southern States National Historic Landmark Program (U.S.) Georgetown (Sanford, Fla.) Description St. James African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church, located at 819 Cypress Avenue in Sanford, Florida, in 2011. The history of St. James AME Church reaches far back into the history of Florida and the American Civil War. Immediately following the Civil War's end, Central Florida received a large migration of former slaves and black laborers. Along with the growth in migration, the AME church experienced significance expansion, as its popularity spread throughout the Southeastern United States. <br /><br />St. James AME Church was a direct result of these two historical patterns. Originally organized in 1867 as a prayer group for freedmen, the church was founded in a small wooden house located on Mellonville Street, along the south shore of Lake Monroe. By 1880, the church relocated to its current location on the corner of East Ninth Street and Cypress Avenue. In 1893, the church upgraded its size, and constructed a larger wooden frame to house its growing congregation.<br /><br />The present-day structure, which features red-brick facings, four matching stained glass windows, a bell tower, and slanted semi-circular seating within its baptistery, was built between 1910 and 1913, and designed by acclaimed African-American architect Prince W. Spears. During the 1920s and 1930s, St. James served as a Mother Church of the AME faith, and sent circuit preachers to its neighboring areas, including West Sanford, Bookertown, Cameron City, Midway, and Fort Reid. On April 24, 1992, St. James AME Church was a designated as a National Historic Landmark, and continues to serve as a religious center for the surrounding African-American community. Creator MacDonald, Kathleen Source Original color digital images by Kathleen MacDonald, 2011. Publisher <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> Date Created 2011 Format image/jpg Extent 4.28 MB 6.25 MB 4.32 MB 5.72 MB 5.52 MB 4.06 MB 4.34 MB 4.02 MB Medium 8 color digital images Language eng Type Still Image Coverage St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church, Georgetown, Sanford, Florida Accrual Method Item Creation Mediator History Teacher Geography Teacher Provenance Originally created by Kathleen MacDonald and published by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a>. Rights Holder <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> Curator MacDonald, Kathleen Digital Collection <a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/">RICHES MI</a> External Reference Rivers, Larry E., and Canter Brown. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/57653854"><em>Laborers in the Vineyard of the Lord: The Beginnings of the AME Church in Florida, 1865-1895</em></a>. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2001. Bailey, Julius. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/59879767"><em>Around the Family Altar: Domesticity in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, 1865-1900</em></a>. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 2005. Flewellyn, Valada S. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/320804616"><em>African Americans of Sanford</em></a>. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Pub, 2009. Wilson, Dreck Spurlock. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52160103"><em>African American Architects: A Biographical Dictionary, 1865-1945</em></a>. New York: Routledge, 2004. Transcript ST. JAMES A-M-E CHURHC SUNDAY SCHOOL 9:30 A.M. MORNING WORSHIP 11:00 A.M. EVENING WORSHIP ST. JAMES AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH ERECTED - 1910-1913 819 CYPRESS AVE Saint James African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church has been located on Cypress Avenue since 1880 on land purchased from General Henry S. Sanford. The current structure was designed by Prince W. Spears and built in 1910-1913. The design of the church is a Ravenna and Bacchus style of Constantinople (circa 527 A.D.). It contains an octagonal baptistry within a square structure; slanting theatre floor; circularly positioned pews; an octagonal cupola; and four matching stained-glass windows in a conservative, Tiffany style. Saint James was significant in the earlier days of the A.M.E. Church in Florida, serving as parent church to several mission churches in the Sanford area, and continues to play a leading role in the Black Churches of Florida. Presented to the St. James A.M.E. Church membership by the City of Sanford Historic Preservation Board - 1991 ST. JAMES A.M.E. CHURCH ORGANIZED AND BUILT 1880 BY REV. S. H. COLEMAN D. D. REBUILT 1913 BY REVS. W.H. BROWN. T.J. WILLIAMS. J.J. HARRIS. BOARD OF TRUSTEES F.E. EVERLY. M.T. SPIVEY. G.R. TIPP. W.F. CALHOUN. DAVE WARREN. TREAS. W.O. GREEN. ESTHER E. GREEN EX TRUSTEES. J.K. GRAMLING. TREAS. W.F. CALHOUN. SECY. REV. J.W. WILLIAMS. D. D. PASTOR. K. S. JOHNSON. EX TRUSTEE. W. B. BALLARD. EX TRUSTEE. 1928 ST. JAMES A.M.E. CHAPEL ORGANIZED IN 1881 BY REV. S. H. COLEMAN REBUILT IN 1890 BY REV. T. T. GAINES RELAID 1976 PRINCE HALL GRAND LO[?] REV. A. J. MACK 33' G M R. A. THIGPEN, PASTOR W.L. HAMILTON 33' D D TRUSTEES W. A. ASHLEY, JR.-VICE CHR JUANITA PAPINO - REC. SECT L. V. JOHNSON - FIN. SECT. A. L .BROWN RAYMOND FIELDS, SR. L. J. OLIVER E. C. WILSON A. F. DIX[?] *K. B. [?] MABEL HU[?] R. H. WRI[?] *DECEASED Is Part Of <a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/65" target="_blank">Churches of Sanford Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida. Source Repository <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> Ashley, W. A., Jr. Ballard, W. B. Brown, A. L. Brown, W. H. Byzantine architecture Calhoun, W. F. church City of Sanford Historic Preservation Board Coleman, S. H. Constantinople Constantinople, Byzantine Empire Cypress Avenue Everly F. E. Fields, Raymond, Sr. Gaines, T. T. Georgetown Gramling, J. K. Green, Esther E. Green, W. O. Hamilton, W. L. Harris, J. J. Johnson, K. S. Johnson, L. V. MacDonald, Kathleen Mack, A. J. Methodism Methodist National Historic Landmark Program Oliver, L. J. Papino, Juanita Prince Hall Ravenna, Italy Saint James African Methodist Episcopal Church Saint James AME Church Sanford Sanford, Henry Shelton Spears, Prince W. Spivey, M. T. Temple of Bacchus Thigpen, R. A. Tipp, G. R. Warren, Dave Williams, J. W. Williams, T. J. Wilson, E. C.