Perry Post Office

Florida artist George Snow Hill painted the Cypress Logging mural on canvas in 1938 for the Perry Post Office, as part of the Public Works of Art (WOA) Project during the Great Depression. The panel honors the mostly African American ...

New Brooklyn Missionary Baptist Church

The New Brooklyn Missionary Baptist congregation, one of Perry's most prominent black churches, formed in 1914. The church was remodeled in 1963 and again in 1989.

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Picture courtesy of New Brooklyn Missionary Baptist Church.

African Missionary Baptist Church

The first church was built on the corner of Parshley and Houston Avenue. This Masonry Vernacular building was built in 1910.

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Photo courtesy of Ebyabe.

Madison Post Office

The George Snow Hill mural reflecting life in the north Florida cotton industry was created as part of President Roosevelt's WPA program.

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Photo courtesy of Jimmy Wayne.

Four Freedoms Park

In the heart of the Madison historic district is the Four Freedoms Park. Erected in 1909 by the United Daughters of the Confederacy, a Confederate monument is located in Confederate Square in Four Freedoms Park. A plaque placed on the ...

Ray Charles Memorial at Haffye Hays Park

Greenville is the childhood home of Ray Charles (1930-2004). A full-sized statue commemorates the Greenville life of this world-famous singer, songwriter and composer who attended the Florida School for the Deaf and Blind in St. Augustine.

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Rosa Parks Marker and C.K. Steele Statue

On December 1, 2005, a marker commemorating Rosa Parks was placed at the bus plaza with a statue honoring longtime Tallahassee civic rights leader, Reverend C.K. Steele (1914-1980).

The former pastor of Bethel Baptist Church, Reverend Steele became the most ...

Historic Capitol Museum & Florida Legislative Research Center

Highlighting the history of Florida politics and encouraging citizen involvement in the political process, exhibits examine the struggle for civil rights in Florida with displays about Martin Luther King, Jr., the Tallahassee bus boycott and civil rights activist Harry T. ...

Jakes-Patterson Monument

On May 26, 1956, Florida A&M University students Wilhelmina Jakes and Carrie Patterson were arrested in Tallahassee because they refused to give up their bus seats next to a white passenger. The students were harassed and a cross was burned ...

First Presbyterian Church

Organized in 1832, congregation members completed this sanctuary in 1838. The only Tallahassee church still standing from territorial days, the Classic Revival style building with Gothic doors and windows is prominent in downtown. The north gallery was set aside for ...