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St. James’ Episcopal Church is an historic Episcopal church located at 2423 SW Bascom Norris Drive in Lake City, Florida. The church is in the Episcopal Diocese of Florida. __NOTOC__ ==History== The first record from the Lake City Episcopal Church Register is in 1870, signed by the Reverend C. William Camp, Rector, and the Right Reverend John Freeman Young, Second Bishop of Florida. A register entry by Rev. Camp on February 26, 1871 describes the rectory in Lake City and the Peabody School under Church supervision, later known as St. James Academy. The Rev. Charles Snowden built the original St. James Episcopal Church in 1880 with his own money and labor at the corner of South Alachua & West Nassau Streets. The Rectory and St. James Academy were next door. Bishop Young consecrated St. James Church on the second Sunday after Christmas in 1884, according to Diocesan records. Rev. Snowden served as St. James Rector from 1871 to 1886. In 1898, to serve and be accessible to the students at ''Florida Agricultural College'' (predecessor of the University of Florida which moved to Gainesville in 1906), the church was moved to the corner of South Marion and East Brown Streets. The current Rectory was constructed at that time on a second lot next door. The location was on the main roadway through town, and many church members lived nearby and walked to services. Lake City's population was just a few thousand. A school for the parish was constructed between the Rectory and the Sanctuary a couple of years later. The Parish Hall replaced the school in 1926.〔 After Rev. Snowden left, the next 80 years saw a succession of Rectors. Only two, Rev. Walter T. Carvell and Rev. John Banks, served more than a few years. There was little or no growth in the Parish. St. James remained a ''Mission'' until 1960, which meant that the church relied upon the Diocese of Florida for financial support.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.stjameslakecity.org/uploads/History_of_St_james.pdf )〕〔City Historical Committee, A Century in the Sun: Lake City, Florida 1859-1959, First edition 1959, Lake City: Lake City Centennial Celebration, Inc., page 13〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「St. James' Episcopal Church (Lake City, Florida)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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