National Historic Landmark-Hampton Plantation

National Historic Landmark-Hampton Plantation

Erected in 1735, enlarged in 1757 and again in 1791, this building evolved from a modest frame structure built by a Huguenot settler into a large Georgian county house.

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Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church Community Cemetery

Originally known as the White Lily Cemetery, the Mount Olive Courtenay Community Cemetery was on the grounds adjacent to the Bethel AME Church, one of the first black churches on Merritt Island. Grave sites date from 1919.

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Brothers Park

The site of the first black school of south Melbourne, the two-story Melbourne School was built by Brevard County between 1920-1921 on land donated by pioneer landowner John S. Stone. Burned to the ground in December 1953, only the band ...

Wright Brothers House (Private)

Wright Brothers was among Melbourne's first settlers, establishing his homestead in the area by 1877. Brothers' frame vernacular house was constructed circa 1892.

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Malissa Moore Home (Private)

Built beside the Indian River in 1890, the home was moved to its current location and became a restaurant and then a boarding house. Mrs. Moore helped establish the Mount Moriah AME Church.

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Hilltop Cemetery/Cemetery Hill

This African American cemetery, known to locals as Hilltop Cemetery, was established during the 1880s. The oldest grave stone found is dated 1889.

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Community of Royal/Ebenezer African Methodist Episcopal Church

When slavery was abolished in 1865, the Royal community was founded by former slaves from the old Green Plantation located near the Withlacoochee River. Moving further inland to farm for themselves, the former slaves built log cabin homes and dug ...

Dade Battlefield State Park

Every January, under the oaks of Dade Battlefield State Park, history lovers gather to commemorate the battle that started the Second Seminole War, the most protracted and costly of the nation's Indian wars.

On December 28, 1835, Indian warriors ambushed 108 ...

John H. Hurston House (Private)

The Reverend John Hurston was the father of noted author and anthropologist, Zora Neale Hurston. Reverend Hurston and his wife, Mattie, lived in this Second Empire style residence.

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Hopper Academy

Built between 1900 and 1910, this frame vernacular two-story T-shaped building served as Sanford High School. One of the few remaining early black high schools in Florida, the facility now houses an educational community service center.

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