St. Andrews Episcopal Church (Tampa, Florida)

St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
Basic information
Location	505 North Marion Street Tampa, Florida
Affiliation	Episcopal Church
Territory	Diocese of Southwest Florida
Province	Province IV (Sewanee)
Status	Active parish
Leadership	The Rev. John Reese, Rector
Website	www.saintandrewstampa.org
Architectural description
Architect(s)	Miller, Michael J. Kennard, Francis J.
Architectural type	Church
Architectural style	Mediterranean Revival
Groundbreaking	1904
Completed	1907
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Coordinates	27°56′58″N 82°27′24″W / 27.94944°N 82.45667°W / 27.94944; -82.45667Coordinates: 27°56′58″N 82°27′24″W / 27.94944°N 82.45667°W / 27.94944; -82.45667
NRHP Reference #	09000200
Added to NRHP	April 15, 2009

1907

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St. Andrew's Episcopal Church is an active Episcopal parish and historic church building in Tampa, Florida, United States. The structure is located downtown at 505 North Marion Street (corner of Marion and Madison Streets), however, the parish offices are located at 509 East Twiggs Street. On April 15, 2009, the church building was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).Francis J. Kennard and Michael J. Miller are credited as the building's architects.

The was officially established on July 24, 1871, and was the first Episcopal church in the city of Tampa. Initially, a hospital building at Fort Brooke was used for worship services. In 1877, the congregation purchased the block of land bounded by Marion, Twiggs, Morgan, and Madison Streets, where they are presently located. A wood frame church was erected on the site in 1883.

Construction on their current church building began in 1904 and three years later, the structure was completed. The historic Mediterranean Revival style building was designed by the prominent local architectural firm of Michael J. Miller & Francis J. Kennard, who had designed the Belleview-Biltmore Hotel and other significant structures which today are also NRHP-listed. Their design for St. Andrew's incorporated several components from the original wooden church, including the stained glass windows, communion rail, and lectern.

As Tampa's population grew and the city expanded, St. Andrew's parish helped to establish the local Episcopal congregations of St. John's and St. Mary's. The church is under the Tampa Deanery of the Episcopal Diocese of Southwest Florida, which is within Province 4 of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America.