Black Archives, History and Research Foundation of South Florida

Founded by Dr. Dorothy Jenkins Fields and incorporated in 1977, this research center contains documents, photographs and artifacts documenting the black experience in Miami-Dade County from 1896 to the present. Artworks showcase Overtown's Little Broadway and local historic sites.

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Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park

Situated on the southern tip of Key Biscayne, Cape Florida was the point from which many black Seminoles and escaped slaves sought passage south to the Bahamas when Florida was transferred from Spain to the United States in 1821. Those ...

Stirrup House (Private)

Ebenezer W.F. Stirrup, a Bahamian who came to the United States in 1888, built this two-story frame vernacular structure in 1897. Stirrup invested his earnings in land and built over 100 homes to rent or sell to other Bahamian blacks ...

National Historic Landmark-Alfred N. Richards/David Goddard

National Historical Landmark- Alfred Newton Richards Medical Research Laboratories and David Goddard Laboratories Buildings

Laboratories (the latter named Biology Building before 1983) are nationally significant as one of the most important works of mid-twentieth-century American modernism and of Louis Isadore ...

National Historic Landmark-Edward G. Acheson House

National Historical Landmark- Edward G. Acheson House

From 1890 to 1895 this brick house was the home of scientist Edward G. Acheson (1856-1931). In all probability it is also the site where, in 1891, he conducted experiments that led to ...

National Historic Landmark-Academy Of Music

National Historical Landmark-Wanton-Academy Of Music

Opened in 1857, this is the country's oldest musical auditorium retaining its original form and serving its original purpose. Architect Napoleon Le Brun was influenced by European opera houses, and designed an auditorium famed for its ...

National Historic Landmark-Wanton-Lyman-Hazard House

National Historical Landmark-Wanton-Lyman-Hazard House

Built probably in 1696, this structure illustrates the architectural transition from 17th to 18th century styles. It was damaged by Stamp Act riots in 1765 when occupied by a Tory Stampmaster.

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National Historic Landmark-Vernon House

National Historical Landmark- Vernon House

This 18th century, two story structure is an academically correct late-Georgian frame residence noted for its fine interior trim and stairway.

The house served as headquarters for the Count de Rochambeau when the French allies were ...

National Historic Landmark-University Hall Brown University

National Historical Landmark- University Hall Brown University

Built in 1771, this is the oldest university building and, until 1832, the only structure on the campus: the structure contained dormitory rooms, lecture and recitation rooms, the chapel, the library, and the dining ...

National Historic Landmark-Trinity Church

National Historical Landmark- Trinity Church

Erected 1725-26, this is an early New England Georgian frame church, closely modeled after Boston's Old North Church.

Courtesy National Park Service National Historic Landmarks

Photo courtesy Library of Congress Historic American Building Survey