Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church - Punta Gorda

"Uncle Dan" Smith, a local African American religious leader, constructed a thatch-roofed hut church on this site in 1886. Several white families, including Colonel Albert W. Gilchrist, who later became governor of Florida, were in attendance at the first service. ...

The Blanchard House Museum of African American History & Culture

This 1925 house was originally built for Joseph Blanchard, a black sea captain and key member of early Punta Gorda's business community, and Minnie, his mail-order bride. Upon the death of Blanchard's last surviving daughter, African American community historian Bernice ...

Freemanville Historic Site

A state historic marker recognizes this community settled in 1867 by freed slaves after the Civil War. On the second Tuesday in February each year, the City of Port Orange celebrates Freemanville Day, with historic reenactments.

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The African American Museum of the Arts

Established in 1994 to enhance public appreciation of African American and Caribbean American cultures, today more than 150 pieces of art from Nigeria, Haiti, South America, Zimbabwe, Senegal, Ethiopia and Kenya are featured in the permanent gallery.

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National Historic Landmark-Fort Adams

National Historic Landmark- Fort Adams

Based on French military design and completed in 1857, Fort Adams is an outstanding example of American military engineering and technology.

It was designed by Simon Bernard, and Joseph G. Totten supervised its construction.

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National Historic Landmark-Flying Horse Carousel

National Historic Landmark- Flying Horse Carousel

Dating from about 1876, this is the oldest carousel of its type, in which the horses are suspended from a center frame, and may be the oldest extant carousel in the United States. It is ...

National Historic Landmark-Fleur-de-Lys Studios

National Historic Landmark- Fleur-de-Lys Studios

Fleur-de-Lys Studios is a key architectural monument to the American Arts & Crafts Movement.

Constructed in 1885, the building's design is the product of a collaboration between painter Sydney R. Burleigh and architect Edmund R. Willson.

Both men ...

National Historic Landmark-First Baptist Meetinghouse

National Historic Landmark- First Baptist Meetinghouse

Erected 1774-75, this is an architecturally and historically notable public building. Its origins date to the establishment of the first Baptist organization in America by Roger Williams in 1638.

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National Historic Landmark-Crescent Park Looff Carousel

National Historic Landmark- Crescent Park Looff Carousel

Built about 1895--most of the figures date from 1905 to 1910--this large carousel is the earliest, most elaborate, and probably best preserved of the handful remaining of more than 100 carousels built by Charles ...

National Historic Landmark-Snee Farm

National Historic Landmark- Snee Farm

Snee Farm was owned by Charles Pinckney (1757-1824), one of the youngest members of the Continental Congress (1784-87) and member of the Constitutional Convention, where he presented the Pinckney Plan.

He later served as Governor of ...