Jupiter in Palm Beach County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)
Mt. Carmel Missionary Baptist Church & Cemetery
Photographed by Jay Kravetz, July 8, 2016
1. Mt. Carmel Missionary Baptist Church & Cemetery Marker
Inscription.
Mt. Carmel Missionary Baptist Church and Cemetery. . Mount Carmel Missionary Baptist Church, a cornerstone of Jupiters African American community, was organized in 1902 by the Reverend J. A. Wannamaker and the pioneer families of Simmons, Campbell, Ford, Bush, and Davis. These early settlers arrived here from North Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina, and homesteaded 160-acre plots along Limestone Creek and the Loxahatchee River. Since the churchs founding, Mt. Carmel deacons and deaconesses have been community leaders, founding and supporting the once-segregated volunteer fire department, schools, and civic organizations. The original church, a small wood frame building built in 1902, was moved to this location in 1915 when Glover Sapp donated two acres of land for the church and a cemetery. It was rebuilt twice by its members after the destructive hurricanes of 1926 and 1928. This building was constructed in 1953 and was expanded in 1979 and again in 1997. The churchs cemetery, the only church-affiliated African American burial ground in northern Palm Beach County, includes over 500 graves, the earliest of which are unmarked. The church and the cemetery reflect the important social history and continued spiritual values of this close-knit community.
Mount Carmel Missionary Baptist Church, a cornerstone of Jupiters African American community, was organized in 1902 by the Reverend J. A. Wannamaker and the pioneer families of Simmons, Campbell, Ford, Bush, and Davis. These early settlers arrived here from North Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina, and homesteaded 160-acre plots along Limestone Creek and the Loxahatchee River. Since the churchs founding, Mt. Carmel deacons and deaconesses have been community leaders, founding and supporting the once-segregated volunteer fire department, schools, and civic organizations. The original church, a small wood frame building built in 1902, was moved to this location in 1915 when Glover Sapp donated two acres of land for the church and a cemetery. It was rebuilt twice by its members after the destructive hurricanes of 1926 and 1928. This building was constructed in 1953 and was expanded in 1979 and again in 1997. The churchs cemetery, the only church-affiliated African American burial ground in northern Palm Beach County, includes over 500 graves, the earliest of which are unmarked. The church and the cemetery reflect the important social history and continued spiritual values of this close-knit community.
Erected 2013 by The Loxahatchee River Historical Society and the Florida Department of State.
Location. 26° 56.515′ N, 80° 8.384′ W. Marker is in Jupiter, Florida, in Palm Beach County. It is on Church Street 0.2 miles east of Limestone Creek Road, on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 6623 Church Street, Jupiter FL 33458, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in South Florida, on the Gold Coast, on the Treasure Coast, and in Greater Miami. It is also in the American South. 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.
2. Mt. Carmel Missionary Baptist Church & Cemetery
Photographed by Jay Kravetz, July 8, 2016
3. Mt. Carmel Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery
Credits. This page was last revised on March 5, 2018. It was originally submitted on July 9, 2016, by Jay Kravetz of West Palm Beach, Florida. This page has been viewed 1,590 times since then and 133 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3. submitted on July 9, 2016, by Jay Kravetz of West Palm Beach, Florida. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
