Natural Bridge Battlefield Historic State Park

Natural Bridge is the site of the second largest Civil War battle in Florida, and where the St. Marks River drops into a sinkhole and flows underground for one-quarter of a mile before reemerging.

In March 1865, a Union force ...

St. Johns Episcopal Church Cemetery

Established in 1840, this cemetery is the burial place for many of Leon County's most prominentfamilies. Among those buried here is Theodore W. Brevard, who raised a Partisan Ranger Battalion at the beginning of the war that became part of ...

Jacksonville, Pensacola & Mobile Railroad Company Freight Depot

Constructed in c.1858, a second story was added to the building by 1885. This depot was one of the stations on the Pensacola and Georgia Railroad and a center for trade and transportation in Leon County, including the transport of ...

Florida Historic Capitol

Restored to its 1902 appearance in 1978-1982, the Old State Capitol building still retains at its core the original 1845 brick building. The Florida Secession Convention convened at this

location and, on January 10, 1861, voted to secede from the ...

Palmer Family Graveyard and Palmer-Perkins House

Owned by the City of Monticello, this cemetery is located adjacent to the c.1836 Palmer-Perkins House.

Among those buried here is Dr. Thomas M. Palmer who was a delegate to the Florida Secession Convention and was appointed by Governor Milton ...

Lloyd Railroad Depot

One of the stations on the Pensacola and Georgia Railroad, the c.1858 Lloyd Depot was a center for trade and transportation in Jefferson County, including military usage for Confederate soldiers and war materials. It is one of only three known ...

Dudley Farm Historic State Park

This historic state park is a unique remaining example of a historic Florida farm from the mid-1800s. Located on a 333-acre site, this typical early Florida farm served three generations of the Dudley family. The patriarch, Philip Benjamin Dudley, Sr., ...

P.K. Yonge Library of Florida History-University of Florida

The P.K. Yonge Library, in the George A. Smathers Libraries' Department of Special and Area Studies, is the state's preeminent Floridiana collection. It includes a diverse array of primary sources, and is the most comprehensive repository for early Florida newspapers. ...

Old Gainesville Depot

A portion of this building was constructed circa 1860. It is the only remaining Civil War railroad depot from the Florida Railroad line which ran from Fernandina to Cedar Key. During the Battle of Gainesville on August 17, 1864, Union ...

Haile Homestead at Kanapaha Plantation

The Thomas Evans Haile family moved from Camden, South Carolina to this site in 1854 to establish a 1,500-acre Sea Island cotton plantation which they named Kanapaha. Built by enslaved black craftsmen, the main house was completed in 1856.

During ...