Colby Memorial Temple - Cassadaga, Florida, USA
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N 28° 57.901 W 081° 14.197
17R E 476945 N 3204132
A historic auditorium mentioned in the Florida edition of the American Guide Series.
Waymark Code: WM13RQ6
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 02/11/2021
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Located in Cassadaga, Florida is the Colby Memorial Temple. Built in 1923 from locally sourced ‘sand brick’ it was originally called ‘The Auditorium’. The Auditorium was built in the style of Mediterranean Revival and consists of brick that has been stuccoed over. It replaced a previous wooden structure built in 1895. In 1975 the community renamed the building the ‘Colby Memorial Temple’ in honor of the founder of Cassadaga, George P. Colby.
From the WPA Guide to Florida, page 358:
“Left from Orange City 4 m. on a paved road to Camp Cassadaga, conducted by the Cassadaga Spiritualist Association, which was founded by George B. Colby in 1893. The first meeting of the association was held here in that year. Within a fenced area of 25 acres, deeded to the association by the founder, are a stucco auditorium seating 2,000, a frame two-story hotel, apartment houses, many one and two-story cottages on shaded lanes along the shores of small lakes. The post office, general store, and other residences lie outside the enclosed tract.”
The Colby Memorial Temple is still used weekly for religious services and on special occasions throughout the year. It is listed as a National Register of Historic Places contributing building as part of the Southern Cassadaga Spiritualist Camp Historic District.
Book: Florida
Page Number(s) of Excerpt: 358-359
Year Originally Published: 1939
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