{"id":21,"featured":0,"modified":"2026-04-17 19:41:47","latitude":28.61040233113346431537138414569199085235595703125,"longitude":-80.8092498779296875,"title":"St. Gabriel&#039;s Episcopal Church","subtitle":"Titusville&#039;s historic Episcopal church","fullsize":"https://history.titusville.com/files/fullsize/489600790afd451b14dd4c816ea61145.jpg","address":"414 Pine St., Titusville, FL 32796","all_locations":[],"zoom":17,"creator":["Explore Historic Titusville FL"],"description":"The history of St. Gabriel’s is woven into the fabric of Titusville’s history. Constructed in 1888 on land donated by Mary Hopkins Titus. Its Carpenter Gothic style reflects a trend in nineteenth-century Episcopal architecture known as “Bishop Weed Gothic,” named for Edwin Gardner Weed, third Bishop of Florida (1846-1924). In 1892, the church bell, which is the largest in Brevard County, was installed. The interior walls and pews were fashioned from dark hardwood. The floorplan is a modified cruciform with a central aisle and two short side aisles. The altar stands in the apse of the church behind which is a stained glass window bearing the image of St. Gabriel. The church’s windows have been described as one of the finest collections of Victorian stained glass in the Indian River area. Yet it was the donation of the St. Gabriel window by Mrs. J. N. Pritchard of New York, mother of prominent local resident Captain James Pritchard, that prompted the congregation to change the church’s name from St. John’s to St. Gabriel’s.","sponsor":null,"accessinfo":"Hours: Sunday services at 7:30 am and 10:00 am \r\nPhone: (321) 267-2545","lede":"With its stained glass windows and dark wood interior, St. Gabriel&#039;s is an architectural monument as well as a place of worship.","website":"<a href=\"https://www.stgabriels.church/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">St. Gabriel's Church website</a>","related_resources":[],"factoids":["Episcopal worship in the Titusville area began in the Lagrange Church and in the Titus House on an occasional basis in the 1870s.","St. Gabriel's Episcopal Church was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1972 and is listed in the Titusville City Register of Historic Places"],"files":{"https://history.titusville.com/files/fullsize/489600790afd451b14dd4c816ea61145.jpg":{"id":84,"mime-type":"image/png","title":"St. Gabriel&#039;s Episcopal Church, view from the southeast","description":"Photo: Coherit Associates","thumbnail":"https://history.titusville.com/files/square_thumbnails/489600790afd451b14dd4c816ea61145.jpg"},"https://history.titusville.com/files/fullsize/8a664906065b473dacd47de61a54b5a0.jpg":{"id":85,"mime-type":"image/png","title":"Interior view: the Apse.","description":"Photo: Coherit Associates","thumbnail":"https://history.titusville.com/files/square_thumbnails/8a664906065b473dacd47de61a54b5a0.jpg"},"https://history.titusville.com/files/fullsize/9afd00ad23e7c93317379c1dcf49ebbe.jpg":{"id":86,"mime-type":"image/png","title":"Stained glass windows in the apse; image of St; Gabriel (center)","description":"Photo: Coherit Associates","thumbnail":"https://history.titusville.com/files/square_thumbnails/9afd00ad23e7c93317379c1dcf49ebbe.jpg"},"https://history.titusville.com/files/fullsize/7491bec384e0655a323a547e48ceff32.jpg":{"id":267,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"St. Gabriel&#039;s Episcopal Church in the early 20th century","description":"Ed Kimble and the North Brevard Historical Society and Museum","thumbnail":"https://history.titusville.com/files/square_thumbnails/7491bec384e0655a323a547e48ceff32.jpg"},"https://history.titusville.com/files/original/e076f1b5eea0c1a63476e9ef9462b980.mp3":{"id":340,"mime-type":"audio/mpeg","title":"Polly Schuster describes the founding of St. Gabriel&#039;s Episcopal Church","description":""}}}