St. James African Methodist Church

Organized in 1867, the church purchased land on the corner of East 9th Street and South Cypress Avenue. Sanford's oldest church founded by blacks, St. James is a red-brick English Gothic Revival style building with four matching stained glass windows. ...

St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church

This AME church started as a small wooden structure in 1894 and has grown to encompass an entire corner. It is all that remains of a once thriving African American district.

Information provided by Florida Department of State.

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St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church

Erected - 1910-1913

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 ...