St. Paul's Episcopal Church
N side Oak Ave., Magnolia Springs, ALMagnolia Springs was founded in 1871 by winter-weary mid-westerners. Attracted by the natural springs and salubrious climate, these people constructed hotels and vacation cottages along the banks of the Magnolia River. The community was officially named Magnolia Springs in 1885; it had been known as Magnolia Plantation. Though there had been an active turpentining operation in the area before the Civil War, it was the mid-westerners who
fashioned and built the community.
There was no church of any denomination in .Magnolia Springs for many years. Devout residents held services in each others homes and invited preachers from nearby communities. In the 1890s land was donated for a church
and a community hall with the latter soon completed. Construction of an Episcopal Church lagged until sufficient funds had been raised. Building began in 1901 and the church was consecrated in 1902 by Bishop Robert W. Barnwell. St. Paul's Episcopal Church survived the 1916 hurricane, though it was blown off its foundations. St. Paul's remained the only church in town for nearly fifty years and continues services to this day.
Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
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