St. Peter's Parish (Episcopal Church), Eighth Street & Atlantic Avenue, Fernandina Beach, Nassau County, FL

Significance: St. Peter's Church is the finest known example of architecture attempted by Robert S. Schuyler. Its Gothic Revival construction is unique in that it is built of tabby, an indigenous building material of Florida.

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-80

Survey number: HABS FL-281

Building/structure dates: 1881- 1884 Initial Construction

Building/structure dates: 1892-1894 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: ca. 1897 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: ca. 1970 Subsequent Work

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