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St. Matthews Missionary Baptist Church

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Demonination

Baptist

Pastor

R.D. Dawson

Race/Ethnicity

White

County

Hillsborough County (Fla.)

City

Tampa

Established

1900

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Title

St. Matthews Missionary Baptist Church

Subject

Florida Historical Records Survey

Work Projects Administration

Florida -- Churches

Florida -- Church records -- Inventories, registers, catalogs.

Church buildings -- Florida

Description

WPA Church Record for St. Matthews Missionary Baptist Church in Tampa, Hillsborough County, established in 1900. This Baptist church served a mainly white congregation, and was pastored at the time of the survey by R.D. Dawson.

Creator

Works Progress Administration, Historical Records Survey

Source

State Library of Florida, WPA Survey of Church Records

Date

1900

Format

church records

Type

Text

Identifier

slf_wpachurch_2038

Coverage

Depression Era Florida (1926-1939)

Denomination

Baptist

County

Hillsborough County (Fla.)

City

Tampa

Race/Ethnicity

White

Pastor

R.D. Dawson

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Church Name

St. Matthews Missionary Baptist Church

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Works Progress Administration, Historical Records Survey. St. Matthews Missionary Baptist Church. 1900. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/248715>, accessed 16 June 2026.

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Works Progress Administration, Historical Records Survey. St. Matthews Missionary Baptist Church. 1900. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/248715>

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(State Archives of Florida/Works Progress Administration)

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For FY2025-26, the percentage of total costs for the Florida Memory program financed with federal money is 66%; the federal dollar amount to be spent on the program is $1,027,650. This program does not receive any non-governmental funding.

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