Historic Derby Street Chapel

Dedicated on July 13, 1924, this structure was built by the Seventh Day Adventist Church, and was heralded by The Cocoa Tribune as an honor to the City. In 1955 it was sold to the Church of Christ, Scientists. In ...

Historic Brevard County Court House

Brevard County was founded in 1855 and Titusville became the county seat in 1879. The first courthouse was a two-story classical revival wood structure built in 1882, on land donated by Titusville founder Col. Henry Titus. In 1912, County Commissioners ...

Greater St. James Missionary Baptist of Mims

In 1894, after organizing a congregation, St. James Colored Missionary Baptist Church acquired land in Mims, and with Rev. G. Brewer as pastor, built the first wooden church on this site in 1904 under the guidance of Rev. J.S. Gilbert. ...

Overtown Neighborhood

Bordered by NW 21st Street, NW 6th Street, NW 1st Avenue and I-95.

One of the oldest neighborhoods in Miami. Overtown began as a community home to African American railroad, street and hotel workers. As early as 1904, the City of ...

Buffalo Soldiers Encampment Historical Marker

One of four all-black regiments in the regular army at the outbreak of the Spanish American War, the 10th Cavalry camped at this site on the shore of Lake Wire in the spring of 1898 while awaiting transport to Cuba. ...

Bethel African American Episcopal Church - Palatka

The residents of the community of Newtown organized the Bethel AME church in 1866. This Romanesque Revival style building was constructed by the congregation circa 1908-1912.

Information provided by Florida Department of State.

Photo courtesy of Fish Ministries.

Trinity Presbyterian Church/Happy Workers Day Care

Built in 1929, the Trinity Presbyterian Church/Happy Workers Day Care is important for its link to St. Petersburg's educational, social and religious history. In 1928, the Presbyterian Synod of Atlanta determined that south St. Petersburg should have a church, and ...

Booker High School

Emma E. Booker, a pioneer black educator, was teaching in Sarasota's public school for Negro children in the 1910s. By 1918, she was principal of Sarasota Grammar School, holding classes in tented halls. The Julius Rosenwald Fund helped build a ...

Establishment of Tallahassee, Capitol of Florida

EVER WONDER WHY TALLAHASSEE IS FLORIDA'S CAPITAL?

IT GOES BACK TO WHEN FLORIDA BECAME

AN AMERICAN TERRITORY IN 1821.

THE UNITED STATES ACQUIRED WHAT HAD BEEN

TWO COLONIES, EAST AND WEST FLORIDA,

WITH CAPITALS IN ST. AUGUSTINE AND PENSACOLA.

THE ...

Greater Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church

Home of the oldest black congregation in Miami, Greater Bethel AME Church was organized in 1896, several months before the city was incorporated. Construction of this Mediterranean Revival style building began in 1927 and was completed in 1942. It is ...