Lincolnville St. Benedict the Moor School is a former Black Catholic primary school located in the Lincolnville Historic District of St. Augustine, Florida, named for Saint Benedict Manasseri, the...
Lincolnville St. Benedict the Moor School is a former Black Catholic primary school located in the Lincolnville Historic District of St. Augustine, Florida, named for Saint Benedict Manasseri, the...
Columbus Drew The story of Dr. Horace Drew and the Drew Mansion begins with his grandfather, Columbus Drew, born to British parents, Solomon Drew and Elizabeth Glyuas, on January 6, 1820, in...
Kelsey Leroy Pharr Lincoln Memorial Park Cemetery in Miami is considered by many to be Florida’s most significant predominantly African-American cemetery. Its roots date back to 1914, when Kelsey...
Henrietta C. Dozier, Pioneering Female Architect Now known as the Physician and Surgeon Building, the old Jacksonville branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta located on Hogan Street was opened...
The building has a large number of supports to prevent it from collapsing The Jackson Rooming House located in Tampa began as a six-room cottage built by Moses and Sarah Jackson in 1901. Due to its...
Lee School Lee School, also known as Leesburg High School and later known as the Lee Adult Education Center, is a historic school in Leesburg. The first schools in Leesburg were private institutions...
Plantation Paradise, 1960s postcard Born in Philadelphia in 1919, Harold “Jake” Emminger came to Florida during World War II as an Air Force captain stationed at MacDill Air Force Base...
Miami Women’s Club, c. 1940. Courtesy of HistoryMiami Museum The Married Ladies’ Afternoon Club was organized in 1900, just four years after Miami was incorporated, and was presided...
St. Anastasia Parish Although it had been organized just three years earlier, in 1914 the small Roman Catholic parish of St. Anastasia decided to build an impressive parochial school to serve the...
Jones Brothers Furniture Co. The Jones Brothers Furniture Company was founded in 1902, following the boom that occurred after the Great Fire of 1901. It was owned by W. G. and Michael K. Jones, who...
Photo Credit: Mykl Roventine, circa 1990s – Alligatorland Zoo was renamed to Jungleland Zoo in 1995, with many of the original remaining including the giant gator statue. Irlo Bronson...
Author’s Note: The building is currently undergoing restoration. Trespassers are subject to fines and/or arrest. Harder Hall The Florida land boom of the 1920s was the state’s first real...
Kenansville is a small community located just 12 miles north of Yeehaw Junction and 27 miles south of St. Cloud. It was given the name Kenansville after Mary Lily Kenan Flagler, the wife of Henry...
Hilario Candela stands alongside the Marine Stadium during its construction, 1963. Spillis Candela DMJM Archives Designed by architect Hilario Candela, a 28-year-old recent immigrant from Cuba, the...
The 310 West Church Street Apartments Known as the Ambassador Hotel, the six-story brick, and limestone building was built in 1924 and opened as the upscale 310 West Church Street Apartments...
S. H. Kress & Co. was a chain of “five and dime” department stores in various parts of the United States, which began operations in 1896. Five and dime stores were the original dollar...
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