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Rev. [[Adam Wyrick]] took over in [[1829]]; he wrote of Pensacola: "... a most terribly ... wicked place. Can see little evidence of good being accomplished." His successor, Rev. Dr. [[John W. Talley]], was the last pastor sent by the South Carolina conference; the Pensacola-Escambia mission was again transferred in 1831, this time to the Georgia conference, who sent as pastor Rev. [[P. C. Shelman]].
This first church suffered two fires. The first, in [[1858]],<ref>Abercrombie, [http://fulltext10.fcla.edu/DLData/SN/SN00154113/0037_003/37no3.pdf p. 454].</ref> damaged but apparently did not destroy the building, and repairs were completed by the following year. The building was burnt to the ground in [[1862]]<ref>Abercrombie, [http://fulltext10.fcla.edu/DLData/SN/SN00154113/0037_003/37no3.pdf p. 454].</ref> or [[1864]], <ref>Hoskins, [http://fulltext10.fcla.edu/DLData/WF/WF00000044/file19.pdf p. 77].</ref> but was rebuilt in [[1870]]. In [[1881]] the property was sold<ref>Hoskins, [http://fulltext10.fcla.edu/DLData/WF/WF00000044/file20.pdf p. 81].</ref> and the church constructed a new facility on the northwest corner of [[Palafox Street|Palafox]] and [[Garden Street]]s.
===Second building===
