Snyder Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church, Gothic Revival church in downtown Jacksonville, United States.
Snyder Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church is a Gothic Revival church at 226 North Laura Street in Jacksonville, Florida, built in 1903 for $31,000. Its walls are granite and Indiana limestone, and it has a crenelated bell tower and an intricate rose window facing James Weldon Johnson Park.
The church was built in 1903 after its predecessor, Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church, was destroyed during the Jacksonville Fire of 1901. The reconstruction represented an important renewal of the Methodist community's presence in the city.
After Ax Handle Saturday in 1960, the church hosted community discussions and negotiations between Jacksonville's civil rights leaders and city officials. The congregation had been founded in 1870, and the building later passed to the City of Jacksonville, which still owns it.
The building is open to visitors during the monthly Downtown Art Walk events and can also be viewed from outside year-round. It is easily accessible from Laura Street in the heart of Jacksonville's historic downtown area.
The church was named for former pastor E.B. Snyder, whose children paid for the rebuilding after the 1901 fire. Its rose window faces James Weldon Johnson Park, and the crenelated bell tower rises at the corner of Laura and Monroe streets.
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