Trinity United Methodist Church Historical

Trinity United Methodist Church Historical (HM1WNM)

Location: Punta Gorda, FL 33980 Charlotte County
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Country: United States of America
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N 26° 57.575', W 82° 4.267'

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A congregation has met at Trinity United Methodist Church continuously since 1873. The first church organized in today's Charlotte County, its members have been an integral part of our history. Joel and Jesse Knight, James McKay and Jacob Summerlin built a dock in the 1860's to ship cattle and fish, followed by the Knights' store and post office, T.S. Morgan's sugar mill, Nathan DeCoster's saw mill. In 1881, about a dozen families, cow hunters and fisherman lived in Charlotte Harbor. Trinity United Methodist Church represented civilization in a frontier wilderness.
The first church building was a box frame with a palmetto thatch roof, built near today's Melbourne Street. It served as a church and a school until the second structure was built here in 1889 on land donated by Mathieu and Mary E. (Knight) Giddens. That wood-framed, shingled-roof structure was dedicated in 1890 and later destroyed by the 1910 hurricane. A third church survived the hurricane of 1926, but swayed during services in 1944. Men, women and children razed it, then constructed the fourth church building over a period of six years.
Dedicated in November, 1950, the current masonry church has beautiful stained glass windows, restored pews from 1890, and a tower with a church bell which rings for services every Sunday.
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HM NumberHM1WNM
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Year Placed2007
Placed ByCharlotte County Board of County Commissioners
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Saturday, January 28th, 2017 at 9:03am PST -08:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)17R E 393687 N 2982409
Decimal Degrees26.95958333, -82.07111667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 26° 57.575', W 82° 4.267'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds26° 57' 34.5" N, 82° 4' 16.02" W
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Area Code(s)941
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling North
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 4428-4450 Parmely St, Punta Gorda FL 33980, US
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