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U.S. 27 Shopping Center & St. Agnes Episcopal Church

#HistoryTuesday - Tuesday October 20TH 2026

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Driving along U.S. 27 northbound between Thunderbird and Bayview - just past Chen Dental, Extra Space Storage, and a small clump of original trees - is a small (1.4-acre parcel) strip shopping center that's been there for over 50 years - since we believe 1973. It's got a tricky couple of entrances into it with no dedicated turning lane, so be careful slowing down and making that turn into the parking lot to support the various businesses such as Marty's Barber Shop, Bins Mega Deals, and Sebring Upcycled Treasures.

This was one of the first strip shopping centers built in this area as commercial development began its expansion along the U.S. 27 / U.S. 98 corridor on the west side of Lake Jackson.

And behind that shopping center (but inaccessible from there) - a residential neighborhood anchored by St. Agnes Episcopal Church, Sebring, Florida. It officially moved to its current location along Lakeview Drive 66 years ago in 1960. It's got that distinctive A-frame church building architecture that was very common for the late-1950s and early-to-mid-1960s.

It's been known as St. Agnes for the past 97 years - since 1929. They were named after the St. Agnes Guild to honor the women who successfully raised funds to purchase the congregation's first permanent church building. That building was located in downtown Sebring where St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church now stands. (We featured St. Catherine on a previous edition of #HistoryTuesday.)

The church congregation actually started 6 years earlier in 1923 as the Mission Church Of The Good Shepherd.

Services are held 7 days a week at St. Agnes - with 2 services every Sunday at 7:30 AM and 10:30 AM.

So that's the small shopping center, quiet residential neighborhood, and traditional mid-century church building that lies between U.S. 27 and Lakeview along the north bay / cove / ear of Lake Jackson.

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Featured Article: U.S. 27 Shopping Center & St. Agnes Episcopal Church