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Coconut Grove Methodist Episcopal Church, South

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Demonination

Methodist

Pastor

W.L. Lowder

Race/Ethnicity

White

County

Dade County (Fla.)

City

Miami

Established

1896

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Coconut Grove Methodist Episcopal Church, South

Subject

Florida Historical Records Survey

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WPA Church Record for Coconut Grove Methodist Episcopal Church, South in Miami, Dade County, established in 1896. This Methodist church served a mainly white congregation, and was pastored at the time of the survey by W.L. Lowder.

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Works Progress Administration, Historical Records Survey

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State Library of Florida, WPA Survey of Church Records

Date

1896

Format

church records

Type

Text

Identifier

slf_wpachurch_0895

Coverage

Depression Era Florida (1926-1939)

Denomination

Methodist

County

Dade County (Fla.)

City

Miami

Race/Ethnicity

White

Pastor

W.L. Lowder

Image URL

0307059

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Coconut Grove Methodist Episcopal Church, South

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Works Progress Administration, Historical Records Survey. Coconut Grove Methodist Episcopal Church, South. 1896. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/247569>, accessed 20 September 2026.

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Works Progress Administration, Historical Records Survey. Coconut Grove Methodist Episcopal Church, South. 1896. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 20 Sep. 2026.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/247569>

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Coverage

Denomination

County

City

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