Historic Derby Street Chapel

Dedicated on July 13, 1924, this structure was built by the Seventh Day Adventist Church and was heralded by The Cocoa Tribune as “an honor to the City.” In 1955 it was sold to the Church of Christ, Scientist, and in 1964 it was sold to the First Baptist Church. Constructed of heart of pine and stucco over wire lathing, it has preserved its Craftsman style architecture and original flooring, windows, altar rail, and tin tile roof, which withstood many years of hurricanes without leaking. In 1996 the building was destined to be demolished for a parking lot, but local preservationists objected and resolved to save it. In 2003, Cocoa Main Street leased the property to restore and rehabilitate it as a community use facility, with restoration done by volunteer labor and the design and landscaping of the adjoining park carried out as a project of the Dirt Daubers Circle of the Cocoa-Rockledge Garden Club. On September 27, 2005, it was officially named “The Historic Derby Street Chapel.”

Cocoa, Florida · United States