The Plymouth Congregational Church is a historic

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located at 3429 Devon Road corner of Main Highway in the

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. The land was donated by George Spalding and

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. The architect was Clinton MacKenzie. The Edifice Religious was founded in the 1897, and completed in the 1917, the church was built by a single man, Felix Rebom, using only a

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, a trowel, a

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, and a T-square. Its architecture was modeled after the old Spanish missions of Mexico. On April 18, 2012, the

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's Florida Chapter placed Plymouth Congregational Church on its list of ''Florida Architecture: 100 Years. 100 Places''.Florida Architecture: 100 Years. 100 Places
/ref> On July 23, 1974, it was added to the U.S.

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. Circa 1941, the WPA-sponsored

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book about Miami and environs described the church: "PLYMOUTH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, at Ingraham Hwy. and Devon Rd. is a reproduction of a Mexican mission. The interior of the vine-covered stone building is constructed on the lines of a basilica and the doors are said to have come from a Spanish mission in Mexico. In one of the doors is a round cat-hole, now covered with screen. Many outdoor weddings have been performed at the pulpit in the walled garden."

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* Churches in Miami National Register of Historic Places in Miami United Church of Christ churches in Florida Coconut Grove (Miami) Historic American Buildings Survey in Florida 1917 establishments in Florida Churches completed in 1917 {{Miami-struct-stub