Florida Historical Marker Details


CHURCH OF OUR SAVIOR (EPISCOPAL)

City: Mandarin   County: Duval   Year: 1961
Location: 12223 Mandarin Road.

Situated on the St. Johns on a portion of the Fairbanks Grant, this congregation was organized in 1867. The church was completed in 1883 under the Rev. C.M. Strugess, a mission priest assigned to the St. Johns Valley. The church was regularly attended by Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin", and the west window is a memorial to the Stowe family who were winter residents of Mandarin for many years.