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First United Methodist Church

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History
===Second building===
[[Image:FirstMethodistPalafox.jpg|thumb|left|The church's second home, at [[Palafox Street|Palafox]] and [[Garden Street]]s]]
Construction began on the new church building, a three-story Romanesque Revival structure, in the fall of [[18841881]]. Services were held there throughout constructionFor the next two and a half years, and the building congregation was completed without a permanent home:{{cquote|While without a church we worshipped in [[1890First Baptist Church|the Baptist church]] until we moved into [[Pou's Hall]] ... We worshipped there two years or more, paying $25 per month rent. In the spring of [[1884]]we moved into the basement of [the new]church.|20px|20px|Mary Lucia Richards, "Methodism in Pensacola" <ref>Hoskins, [http://wwwfulltext10.flheritagefcla.comedu/preservationDLData/markersWF/markersWF00000044/file20.pdf p.cfm?ID=escambia Escambia County81]. Florida Historical Markers Progam. Retrieved 2008-12-19.</ref>}}
The building was completed in [[1890]].<ref>[http://www.flheritage.com/preservation/markers/markers.cfm?ID=escambia Escambia County]. Florida Historical Markers Progam. Retrieved 2008-12-19.</ref> In [[1906]], that lot the property was sold , and the church building demolished, to make way for the [[San Carlos Hotel]], ; and the church purchased thereafter moved to its current site on [[Wright Street]].
==Current facilities==

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