Dade City in Pasco County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)

Pasadena Church

Photographed by Tim Fillmon, May 25, 2013

1. Pasadena Church Marker

Inscription. This sole remaining public landmark of the town of Pasadena was built in the 1880's and, like the nearby Lakeview Highlands Hotel, served as a social center in a citrus growing community noted for its wealth until the "Great Freeze" of 1895. The structure was purchased from the Methodist Conference in 1932 and preserved by the Fort King Home Demonstration Club. It has also been used as a public polling place since 1890.

Erected 1981 by The Pasco Board of County Commissioners and The Historical Preservation Committee.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Religion & Religious Structures • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1895.

Location. 28° 19.693′ N, 82° 13.079′ W. Marker is in Dade City, Florida, in Pasco County. It is at the intersection of Clinton Avenue (Alternate County Road 52) and Cove Lane, on the right when traveling east on Clinton Avenue. Marker is mounted on the wall of the church by the front door. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 36134 Clinton Avenue, Dade City FL 33525, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on Florida’s Gulf Coast

and on Tampa Bay.

It is also in the American South

and on the Gulf Coast.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Christmas Day, 1835 (approx. 1.8 miles away); Freedtown (approx. 2.2 miles away); Site of Old Fort Dade

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(approx. 2.2 miles away); Lake Jovita Club (approx. 2.4 miles away); As Good as Gold (approx. 2.7 miles away); Wallace Estill Embry (1846-1911) and Minerva Caroline “Sallie” Cooper Embry (1857-1950) (approx. 2.7 miles away); Charles Floyd Touchan, Sr. (1883-1957) and Ruth Embry “Miss Polly” Touchan (1887-1986) (approx. 2.7 miles away); Touchton Park (approx. 2.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Dade City.

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Photographed by Tim Fillmon, May 25, 2013

2. Pasadena Church

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on August 14, 2013, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida. This page has been viewed 714 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 14, 2013, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.