Florida Southern College/ Frank Lloyd Wright buildings

FLORIDA IS HOME TO THE LARGEST COLLECTION OF BUILDINGS ON A SINGLE SITE DESIGNED BY REKNOWNED ARCHITECT, FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT. LUDD M. SPIVEY, THEN-PRESIDENT OF FLORIDA SOUTHERN COLLEGE, CONTACTED WRIGHT IN 1938 TO CREATE A PLAN FOR THE PRIVATE SCHOOL ...

Machu Picchu

Regarded as one of the most famous archaeological sites in the world, Machu Picchu stands as one of the remaining symbols of the Inca Empire. Also known as the “Lost City of the Inca,” Machu Picchu is located 8,040 feet ...

Devil's Den Walking Tour Introduction

This is a National Park Service created audio tour produced in conjunction with CivilWarTraveler.Com. The tour covers the Devil's Den area of Gettysburg National Military Park and has six individual stops.

Historic Derby Street Chapel

Dedicated on July 13, 1924, this structure was built by the Seventh Day Adventist Church, and was heralded by The Cocoa Tribune as an honor to the City. In 1955 it was sold to the Church of Christ, Scientists. In ...

Historic Brevard County Court House

Brevard County was founded in 1855 and Titusville became the county seat in 1879. The first courthouse was a two-story classical revival wood structure built in 1882, on land donated by Titusville founder Col. Henry Titus. In 1912, County Commissioners ...

Haulover Canal

Native Americans, explorers and settlers hauled or carried canoes and small boats over this narrow strip of land between Mosquito Lagoon and the Indian River. Eventually it became known as the haulover . Connecting both bodies of water had long ...

New Operation Cooper Street

This is the original site of Baker's Academy, Charlotte County's first African American school. Located in the East Punta Gorda Historical District, in the 1960s, this site was a gathering place and recreation center for the black community.

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Masonic Lodge

Since 1907 this building has been the Masonic Lodge Meeting Hall for black Masons. The two-story, frame vernacular building has an open hall on the first floor. It was moved from its original site in 1976 and remodeled.

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Masonic Cemetery

In 1948 a white landowner provided 5 acres of land for an African American cemetery outside of the town of Bunnell. Local groups are working to refurbish this long-abandoned African American cemetery.

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Buffalo Soldiers Encampment Historical Marker

One of four all-black regiments in the regular army at the outbreak of the Spanish American War, the 10th Cavalry camped at this site on the shore of Lake Wire in the spring of 1898 while awaiting transport to Cuba. ...