109 S Broad Street

Address

109 S Broad Street Brooksville, FL 34601

Year Built

Original Structure 1891; Current Structure 1964

First Owner

First United Methodist Church

1918 Postcard of a photo taken in 1915; Broad Street looking east

Photo from "Brooksville and Hernando County" Presented by the YMCA

The History

An original structure on this site was built in 1891. Rev. Geroge W Seller came to Brooksville as a minister of Brooksville Methodist Church in 1891 and found the previous wooden Church had been destroyed in the 1880's when a hurricane came through the county. Sellers built up his membership from 50 to 240 and raised $7,000 for a new church within six months. Soon a brick was coming from Palaka to build the original structure. In 1954, the congregation built this new church, an education building, several church-school rooms, and a church office.

CITATIONS/CREDIT: Master Site File at The Brooksville Historic Train Depot, Historic Brooksville Walking/ Driving Tour - City of Brooksville

The Architecture

Gothic Revival