City of Gainesville

Designated the County Seat in 1854, and incorporated as a City in 1869, Gainesville takes its name from General Edmund Gaines, captor of Aaron Burr and commander of U.S. Army troops in Florida during the Second Seminole War. The town ...

City of Newberry Historic District

The discovery of hard rock phosphate in Alachua County in 1889 sparked the appearance of boom towns wherever large deposits of the mineral were found. Incorporated in 1894, Newberry thrived until 1914 when the onset of World War I forced ...

City of Alachua

Upon completion to Gainesville of the Savannah, Florida and Western Railway in May 1884, citizens from the former county seat at Newnansville were among those who moved to the present site of Alachua, which was near the railroad. The city ...

The Key West Woman's Club

Historic Marker number two is located at 319 Duval Street between Eaton and Caroline Street.

This red brick home was built by Captain Martin Hellings in 1892. Captain Hellings was the manager of the International Ocean Telegraph Company. The importance of ...

Bland Community

Settled in the 1840s by cotton planters from Georgia and South Carolina, Bland became a diverse agrarian area where farmers and sharecroppers raised cattle and grew cotton and a variety of fruits and vegetables. Joseph Fate Lafayette Matthews (1868-1934) was ...

Captain George Carey House

Historic Marker number one is located at 410 Caroline Street, between Duval and Whitehead Streets, in the Key West Historic District.

This house was built in 1834 by Captain George Carey, an Englishman who ran a seaport bar and wholesale liquor ...

Archer Florida

When Europeans first arrived in this area in the 16th century, the inhabitants were Timucuan Indians. In 1774, traveling botanist William Bartram visited Seminole Indians nearby. In the 1850s a town called Deer Hammock was established here, probably in anticipation ...

National Historic Landmark - Walt Whitman's House

National Historic Landmark - Walt Whitman's House

From 1884 until his death, this two story, plain frame house was the home of Walt Whitman (1819-1892), the --Poet of Democracy--.

Whitman is best remembered for his --Leaves of Grass-- whose great merit was ...

National Historic Landmark - William Trent House

National Historic Landmark – William Trent House

Built in 1719 by a Scottish merchant, this red brick with white trim structure is a distinguished example of an early Georgian house designed in the Queen Anne style.

The house has a handsome simplicity ...

National Historic Landmark - Shadow Lawn

National Historic Landmark - Shadow Lawn

A palatial French-style residence with a spectacular cortile, designed by an architect who was among the finest American practitioners in the French classical tradition.

Built for the wealthy president of the F. W. Woolworth Company, and ...