National Historic Landmark-Fair Park Texas Centennial Buildings

National Historic Landmark - Fair Park Texas Centennial Buildings

This is one of the largest intact groupings of exposition buildings remaining in the United States. Built 1936-37 for the Texas Centennial Exposition, the grounds were planned on both the Beaux ...

Christopher C. Kraft Jr. Mission Control Center

Located in Building 30 at the Johnson Space Center (known as the Manned Spacecraft Center until 1973), the Houston MCC was first used in June 1965 for Gemini 4. It housed two primary rooms known as Mission Operation Control Rooms.

These ...

National Historic Landmark-Fort Douglas

National Historic Landmark- Fort Douglas

The army was stationed here to maintain Federal authority in the Mormon territory in the 1860s. The fort also represented an effort to protect transcontinental telegraph lines, mail, and transportation routes.

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St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church - St. Augustine

This 1910 Gothic Revival style church served as an assembly point for blacks demonstrating against segregated beaches, lunch counters and other facilities in 1964. The kitchen fed hundreds of volunteers who came from other states. Baseball great Jackie Robinson addressed ...

Gracia Real De Santa Teresa de Mose (Ft. Mose)

In 1693, King Charles II of Spain decreed runaway slaves were to be given sanctuary in his colonies. Black fugitives from the British Colonies made their way south and fought against a British retaliatory attack on St. Augustine. In 1728, ...

Cary A. White, Sr. Complex, FL School for the Deaf and the Blind

This classroom and dormitory area is dedicated to the memory of the first African American deaf graduate of the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind. Cary A. White, Sr. worked at the school for 46 years and was ...

Finley Homestead (Private)

This two story frame vernacular structure was the home of Adam Finley, a free African American artisan. Finley acquired the property in 1883. His grandson, Dr. Harold E. Finley was a nationally known zoologist.

Information provided by Florida Department of State.

Bethel African Methodist 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.

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Photo courtesy of Fish Ministries.

Macedonia African Methodist Episcopal Church

Organized in 1872 from the Prayer Band started some years earlier by Samuel Irving, Macedonia AME Church was originally located on the corner of Seventh and Beech Streets. The Congregation moved into its newly built sanctuary in 1899. The bell ...

African American Cultural Center

Built in 2001, the center provides office, classroom, and reference library facilities.

Information provided by Florida Department of State.