The Galvin-Carl House is a historic home once owned by Daniel Joseph Galvin, a pioneer merchant and sawmill operator from Brandon, Florida. The community’s history dates back to January 20...
The Galvin-Carl House is a historic home once owned by Daniel Joseph Galvin, a pioneer merchant and sawmill operator from Brandon, Florida. The community’s history dates back to January 20...
Cypress Gardens Cypress Gardens opened on January 2, 1936, as a botanical garden planted by Dick Pope Sr. and his wife Julie, billed as Florida’s first commercial tourist theme park. It became...
Located along Bayshore Drive in Coconut Grove, the Grand Bay Hotel resembled a Mesoamerican step-pyramid with traditional European touches and a tropical flair with bougainvillea hanging from the...
Columbus Drew Columbus Drew was born to British parents, Solomon Drew and Elizabeth Glyuas, on January 6, 1820, in Alexandria, Virginia. He grew up in Washington, D.C. where he earned a law...
Forest Park Elementary School, 1950s Forest Park Elementary School was constructed in 1954 located at the corner of Forest and Goodwin Streets in Mixon Town, Jacksonville. The school was one of many...
Arthur A. Stivender Arthur Abrehart Stivender was born on June 8, 1842, in Barbour County, Alabama to Duncan Wright Stivender and Margaret Gillie Ann Lee. After her husband died in 1860, Margaret and...
The entrance sign of the facility, 2007. Photo by Nomeus, www.flurbex.com Owned by Elysium Group U.S. Holding Inc., the Elysium assisted living facility opened in 1992, though the building was...
History of the Thunderbird Motor Hotel The Thunderbird Motor Hotel opened in 1959 in Arlington, once a growing residential and commercial suburb for the downtown business executives of Jacksonville...
Located in Daytona Beach, the Surfside Hotel was built in 1974 and owned by Bray & Gillespie Inc., a Daytona Beach real-estate company that at one time owned dozens of beachside hotels, including...
A covered structure with a sign reading “KIDDIE RIDES” hanging above it. Jarazic Park was a miniature golf course and batting cage attraction operating in the 1990s. Located in Navarre...
Central Hershey Milton Snavely Hershey, the founder of The Hershey Company, first visited Cuba in January 1916. He fell in love with the country and its people, describing the country as an eternal...
The building has been boarded up since its closure in 2007. The Rader Memorial United Methodist Church was founded in 1923 and is one of the oldest congregations in Miami-Dade County. The church in...
Jackass Crossing The Desert Inn dates back to the 1800s when it was just a small depot and trading post for local cowboys and lumberjacks. The current building was built in 1898. At the time, there...
Built in the 1980s, the building remained operational for around 30 years. The Northwood Medical Center once located at 2601 N Flagler Drive was built in 1981. The office building contained many...
The home was built in the 1920s on a large plot of land in East Palatka This house in East Palatka is rumored to have been the site of a familicide when the father lost his job and fearing he could...
Nichols plant’s wet bin where rail cars bring in the wet phosphate, 1910s – State Archives of Florida The town of Nichols was constructed in 1905 by the Nichols Phosphate Mining Company...
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