Lake Helen First Congregational

Lake Helen, Florida, First Congregational United Church of Christ. According to ReoCities, the church was organized on April 10, 1886, and a $1,500 sanctuary was dedicated in April of 1889. It was shared with the Baptists until the Blake Memorial Baptist Church was completed.The church was designed and built by John Mace, who moved here with his wife Louella and son Loring from Cincinnati in 1886 and served as the town's first mayor. The church has a Gothic Revival style. Including the three-story spire, its original cost was $2,800.

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