The Jackson House (Private)

This two story wood frame house was built around 1900 as a family home. Expanded to 24 rooms, it became known as The Jackson House. One block from the Union Station Railroad Depot, the house served porters and other black ...

Old Jacksonville Beach Elementary School

Mother Rhoda Martin founded the Jacksonville Beach Elementary School for Colored People. In 1939 the county built a four-room brick school structure, which also served as a community center, well-baby clinic and recreational area for the community. The building was ...

Old City Cemetery - Jacksonville

This cemetery contains the remains of approximately 220 Confederate veterans, including Brigadier General Joseph Finegan who commanded Confederate forces at the Battle of Olustee and later commanded the Florida Brigade in the Army of Northern Virginia; and Captain Francis P. ...

Jacksonville Historical Society Archives

Incorporated in 1929, the Jacksonville Historical Society's purpose is to foster and promote appreciation of the history of Jacksonville and northeast Florida. To this end, the society promotes the collection, preservation and presentation of materials pertaining to the area's history. ...

Confederate Monument - Jacksonville

Located in Hemming Plaza, the monument was erected in 1898 and paid for by Charles C. Hemming, a wealthy banker and Confederate veteran. Hemming had joined the Jacksonville Light Infantry in 1861, fought in the western theater, and was captured ...

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 ...

National Historic Landmark - Stonewall Jackson Headquarters

In the months preceding his famous Shenandoah Valley Campaign (March-June 1862), Confederate Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson (1824-1863) used this Gothic Revival house as his headquarters, where he was joined by his wife, Mary Anna. Jackson's rapid maneuvering in ...

National Historic Landmark - Jackson Lake Lodge

Jackson Lake Lodge, completed in 1955, represents a break with the traditional rustic style of architecture used in the National Park Service. Designed by Gilbert Stanley Underwood, who previously had designed the Ahwahnee, Bryce Canon and North Rim Grand Canyon ...

Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church - Jacksonville

After the Civil War, several dozen freedmen formed the Society for Religious Worship and were formally recognized in 1866 as the Mount Zion AME Church. A 1901 fire destroyed their brick sanctuary which seated 1,500 worshippers. Within months the church ...

Jackson Sqaure

Jackson Square, located in the heart of New Orleans was designed by architect Louis H. Pilié, and modeled after the famous Place des Vosges in Paris, France.

The square, known during the colonial era as the Place d' Armes, by the ...