OUR HISTORY

The establishment in 1892 of All Saints within the Missionary District of Southern Florida made the church the fourth oldest in Hillsborough County. Twenty years later, the western portion of Hillsborough became Pinellas County. In early days the parishioners met in one anothers' homes and circuit priests visited several small communities.

Construction was started on the church building in 1905. The Florida Gothic style was thought to have been copied after the original Church of the Ascension in Clearwater, Florida. This vernacular architecture was found in many homes and buildings of the time. The building was constructed of native Florida pine cut locally.

Mrs. Paul Cheney founded the women's organization known as St. Margaret's Guild in 1905. The Guild later became Episcopal Church Women (ECW). They provided the original pews and altar linens.

The first sermon in the new sanctuary was preached December 30, 1906, by the Reverend S. A. Potter. The building was consecrated by Bishop William Crane Gray in February, 1907.

In June 1979, the church was moved from its original site at Grosse Street and Tarpon Ave., in downtown Tarpon Springs to its present site on Keystone Road. During the next ten years, two periods of construction enlarged the church to its present size. We currently have 533 members.

The steeple bell, installed in 1965, was a gift of friends of the Reverend George Johnson. Cleaning revealed that it had been cast in 1779. In constant use since its installation, the bell continues to be used for call to worship and marking hours of assembly during quiet days. The ringing of the bell on the 4th of July coincides with other bells throughout the country.

The windows of All Saints Church are priceless. Oliver Smith, nationally famous artist created all of the windows in the original church except for the one above the altar. Kevin Postich was the artist and manufacturer of the windows added when the church was enlarged.