St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church - Tampa

The St. Paul AME congregation dates back to 1870. The original church structure, a brick vernacular building with Gothic and Romanesque detailing, was erected in downtown Tampa between 1906 and 1917. With its large sanctuary, balcony and basement, this church ...

North Franklin Street Historic District

Roughly bordered by Florida Avenue, East Fortune Street, Franklin Street and East Harrison Street.

A sparsely settled area of private wood-frame dwellings and businesses, this neighborhood formed around 1900 and peaked during the 1930s. A segregated area until the 1960s, ...

Frazier Cemetery

H.C. Frazier established this African American cemetery in 1908 when he buried his son here. Arthur Norton, one of the first black settlers who worked in the phosphate mines, is buried here. The overwhelming majority of Floral City's phosphate workers ...

National Historic Landmark-USS Lexington Aircraft Carrier

National Historic Landmark - USS Lexington, USS Aircraft Carrier

Within naval history, it can be said that the first half of the 20th century belonged to the battleship, while the second half of the century was the era of the aircraft ...

National Historic Landmark- Fort Sam Houston

National Historic Landmark - Fort Sam Houston

Authorized in 1875 and completed in 1879, this was the U.S. Army's principal supply base in the Southwest; the fort supplied the Rough Riders in 1898 and Pershing's Mexican campaign in 1916.

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National Historic Landmark-Fort Richardson

National Historic Landmark - Fort Richardson

Established in 1867 to replace the recently abandoned Fort Belknap as the northernmost fort in the Texas chain of fortifications, the fort played an important role in the protection of American lives and property during ...

National Historic Landmark-Fort Davis

National Historic Landmark - Fort Davis

A key post in U.S. Army fortifications in West Texas, established to guard the San Antonio-El Paso road. It rose to peak strength between 1879 and 1885.

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National Historic Landmark-Fort Concho

National Historic Landmark - Fort Concho

Established in 1867 to protect the Texas frontier, Fort Concho was active until 1889, when it was abandoned by the Army. Soldiers from the fort carried out campaigns against the Kiowas and Commanches in 1870-1875.

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National Historic Landmark-Fort Brown

National Historic Landmark - Fort Brown

Established in April 1846 by Brig. Gen. Zachary Taylor, Fort Brown was under siege at the time of the battle of Palo Alto, and its siege was raised by the Americans' defeat of the Mexican ...

National Historic Landmark-Fort Belknap

National Historic Landmark - Fort Belknap

Established in 1851 following the Mexican War when the Texas frontier was being ravished by Comanche-Kiowa raids, Fort Belknap was the anchor of a chain of outer border posts stretching from the Red River to ...