Memorial Presbyterian Church
by Laurie Perry
Title
Memorial Presbyterian Church
Artist
Laurie Perry
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Photograph - Photography
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Memorial Presbyterian Church in St. Augustine, Florida.
The Memorial Presbyterian Church is a historic church located at 36 Valencia Street in St. Augustine, Florida, United States. The church was built in 1889 by business tycoon and St. Augustine benefactor Henry Morrison Flagler and dedicated in honor of his daughter Jennie Louise Benedict, who died following complications from childbirth the same year, hence the word Memorial.
Designed by the New York architectural firm of Carrere and Hastings in the Second Renaissance Revival style and inspired by St Mark's Basilica in Venice, the church was built utilizing a novel construction technique pioneered by Franklin W. Smith, builder of the Villa Zorayda. This building method utilizing poured concrete mixed with crushed coquina stone, was utilzed in Smith's Casa Monica Hotel, as well as in Flagler's Ponce de Leon Hotel and Alcazar Hotel, both of which last were designed by Carrere and Hastings, with construction overseen by Smith. Like the Alcazar and Ponce de Leon, many of the architectural details were created with terra cotta. Upon Flagler's death in 1913 he was interred in a marble mausoleum within the church beside his daughter Jennie Louise and her infant Marjorie, as well as his first wife Mary Harkness Flagler
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August 12th, 2014
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