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LOCATION
Address: 5615 Midnight Pass Road
City: Sarasota
State: Florida
Zip Code: 34242
Nation: United States

STATUS
Type: Religious
Status: Project

TECHNICAL DATA
Date(s): 1956
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Building Cost: $50,000 (in 1956)

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Client: The Episcopal Church
Architect: Paul Rudolph
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St. Boniface Episcopal Church

St. Boniface Church began as an Episcopal mission in June of 1955 with the first services held in two units at the Crescent Beach Shopping Center. The church grew from 55 members in June of 1955 to 128 members by August of the same year.
St. Boniface is the only church located on Siesta Key and serves Episcopalians living south of the Sarasota city limits.
John Edward Lambie Jr. (1899-1958) - President of the Building Trades Council and a founding member and Senior Warden of the St. Boniface Episcopal Church - presents sketches of the proposed new church building at a church bazaar in December 1955. He is also the client for the 1948 Lambie/Lamolithic Housing Development project.
A ground-breaking ceremony is held at 4:30 pm on August 19, 1956. The Rev. John P. Bruijn wields a shovel and speaks about the history of thee church’s mission which had begun a year before and its work on Siesta Key. Also attending are Rev. William F. Moses, bishop-elect of south Florida and rector of the Church of the Redeemer in Sarasota, and Rev. Charles F. Ricker, also from the Church of the Redeemer. Each participating clergyman removes a shovelful of dirt from the spot where the altar will be located. Philip J. Fitzgerald, senior warden of the church, also participates. Rudolph, who is out of town on business, sends a representative.
Posts are placed in the ground to give the gathering present and idea on how the modified Norman-styled church will be laid out. The building is located 100 feet from nearby Midnight Pass Road.
A model of the church is on display at the ground-breaking ceremony. The model is built with the help of two members of the city engineering department, William Eastwood and Charles Goldsmith.
The new church will seat 300 and the parish house will seat about 250 people. The buildings are to be be constructed in concrete.
The cost of the church is expected to be $50,000, of which $45,000 is already raised by the congregation by the start of construction.
Construction begins in September 1956 and is expected to be complete by December 01, 1956.

DRAWINGS - Design Drawings / Renderings

DRAWINGS - Construction Drawings

DRAWINGS - Shop Drawings

PHOTOS - Project Model

PHOTOS - During Construction

PHOTOS - Completed Project

PHOTOS - Current Conditions

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PROJECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
Christopher Domin and Joe King. Paul Rudolph: The Florida Houses. Princeton Architectural Press, 2002.

“Chronological List of Works by Paul Rudolph, 1946-1974.” Architecture and Urbanism, no. 49, Jan. 1975.

“Current Work of Paul Rudolph.” Architectural Record, no. 121, 121, Feb. 1957.

“Episcopal Church in Ceremnoy.” Sarasota News, 19 Aug. 1956, p. 6.

John Howey. The Sarasota School of Architecture 1941-1966. MIT Press, 1997.

“Paul Rudolph.” Architecture D’Aujourd’hui, no. 28, 28, Sept. 1957.

Peter Collins. “Whither Paul Rudolph?” Progressive Architecture, no. 42, Aug. 1961.

“Siesta Key Church Is Launched.” Sarasota News, 20 Aug. 1956, p. 9.

“St. Boniface Ground-Breaking Held.” Sarasota Herald-Tribune, 20 Aug. 1956, p. 5.