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Little England Chapel
Little England Chapel, built in 1879, stands as the only k...
Emancipation Oak
Newly freed slaves took classes and listened to the first ...
Booker T. Washington Sculpture
Booker T. Washington is Hampton University’s most fa...
24. Santa Rosa County Grade School
Renaissance Revival.
The building was designed by Pe...
22. Cohen-Cobb House
22. Cohen-Cobb House. 5111 Canal Street. Circa 1915. Bunga...
20. Jackson-Fisher House
20. Jackson - Fisher House. 5177 Canal Street. Circa 1905....
19. E.H. Black House
19. E.H. Black House. 5185 Canal Street. Circa 1919. Frame...
Tucker Cemetery
The Tucker Cemetery is the two-acre burial ground of the f...
12. Chadwick-Hartsell House
Chadwick-Hartsell House. 6810 Berryhill Street. 1887. Frame V...
11. McLeod Penfield House
11. McLeod-Penfield House. 6790 Berryhill Street. 1900. Fr...
Results for C
Little England Chapel
Little England Chapel, built in 1879, stands as the only known African American missionary chapel in Virginia. Two years earlier, George C. Rowe, working as a printer at nearby Hampton Institute, taught Sunday school lessons in his home to local ...
Emancipation Oak
Newly freed slaves took classes and listened to the first Southern reading of the Emancipation Proclamation in January 1863 under this oak tree. During the Civil war, enslaved people fled their plantation seeking freedom behind Union lines in Virginia. When Gen. ...
Booker T. Washington Sculpture
Booker T. Washington is Hampton University’s most famous alumnae. Born a slave in Franklin County, Virginia, Washington became a world renowned educator and school founder. After the Civil War, he and family moved to Malden, Virginia where they secured employment ...
24. Santa Rosa County Grade School
Renaissance Revival.
The building was designed by Pensacola Architect Walker. Willis and constructed by S .F. Fulghum. These two men are also credited with the Imogene Theatre. The School opened in November, 1915.
22. Cohen-Cobb House
22. Cohen-Cobb House. 5111 Canal Street. Circa 1915. Bungalow. Originally built as a rental house by Etta Cohen. It is now part of the First Baptist Campus.
20. Jackson-Fisher House
20. Jackson - Fisher House. 5177 Canal Street. Circa 1905. Frame Vernacular. The original footprint of the house appears to be a gabled-ell. This is a common type throughout the southeast during the late 1800s and early 1900s.
19. E.H. Black House
19. E.H. Black House. 5185 Canal Street. Circa 1919. Frame Vernacular. This broad-eaved bungalow was constructed by E.H. Black.
Tucker Cemetery
The Tucker Cemetery is the two-acre burial ground of the first African family in English-speaking America. Isabel and Antonio arrived at Point Comfort, now Fort Monroe, in 1619. The two were among approximately twenty enslaved Africans who survived the Middle ...
12. Chadwick-Hartsell House
Chadwick-Hartsell House. 6810 Berryhill Street. 1887. Frame Vernacular. Built by M.J. Chadwick, this house is locally known as the Steamboat House due to elements of Steamboat Gothic style. This architectural style romanticized the image of steamboats as described by Mark ...
11. McLeod Penfield House
11. McLeod-Penfield House. 6790 Berryhill Street. 1900. Frame Vernacular. This house has architectural elements that reflect Folk Victorian
and Craftsman Style.
