Mount Pleasant African Methodist Episcopal Church
Organized in 1867, the first church building was a wood-frame structure constructed on a site purchased from Charles Brush. That building was replaced by a brick structure in 1887 which was destroyed by fire in 1903.
The present building, a Romanesque Revival-style structure, was completed in 1906. The Mount Pleasant Cemetery at 2837 NW 13th Street was established by the church in the 1880s and is the final resting place of many pioneer African Americans and their descendents.
Information provided by Florida Department of State.
Photo Courtesy Black Heritage in North Central Florida
