Zora Neale Hurston Home

ALTHOUGH BETTER KNOWN FOR HER 1937 NOVEL

THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD,

FLORIDIAN ZORA NEALE HURSTON MADE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS

TO THE STUDY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN FOLKLORE.

HURSTON, A STUDENT OF NOTABLE ANTHROPOLOGIST FRANZ BOAS AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, WAS ONE OF THE FEW ...

Inauguration technologies

Ever since Florida’s first governor under statehood, William Mosely, took the oath of office in 1845, gubernatorial inaugurations have taken place in and around the historic Capitol building in Tallahassee.

In the 20th century, developments in communications technology made it ...

Florida Governor's Mansion

TALLAHASSEE HAS BEEN THE HOME OF FLORIDA’S GOVERNMENT SINCE 1824, BUT ONLY SINCE 1905 HAS THERE BEEN AN OFFICIAL GOVERNOR’S RESIDENCE.

UNTIL THEN, GOVERNORS WERE GIVEN A HOUSING ALLOWANCE AND LEFT ON THEIR OWN TO FIND QUARTERS FOR THEMSELVES AND ...

The Florida Folk Festival

EVERY MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND, ON THE BANKS OF THE SUWANNEE RIVER AT STEPHEN FOSTER FOLK CULTURE CENTER STATE PARK IN WHITE SPRINGS, THE FLORIDA FOLK FESTIVAL CELEBRATES THE STATE’S MULTICULTURAL HERITAGE THROUGH MUSIC, DANCE, SONG, CRAFTS AND FOOD.

THE FLORIDA ...

Emancipation Proclamation

AT THE CLOSE OF THE CIVIL WAR, FOLLOWING THE SURRENDER OF THE MAJOR CONFEDERATE ARMIES IN APRIL 1865, TALLAHASSEE STOOD AS THE ONLY SOUTHERN STATE CAPITAL EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER STILL UNOCCUPIED BY NORTHERN TROOPS.

THAT ALL CHANGED AS U.S. ...

Wakulla Springs

FROM DINING AND SNORKELING TO GLASS-BOTTOM BOAT RIDES AND TRAILS, WAKULLA SPRINGS HAS PROVIDED FUN-FILLED DAYS TO VISITORS SINCE THE 1930S, BUT ITS HISTORY AS A NATURAL ATTRACTION STRETCHES BACK THOUSANDS OF YEARS.

ONGOING RESEARCH AT THIS NATIONAL REGISTER-LISTED ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND ...

Prince Achille Murat

Achille Murat, prince of Naples, Italy, was an eccentric character among Tallahassee’s early pioneers. He came to Middle Florida in 1825 as an exile due to his famous French uncle’s fall from grace: his uncle was Napoleon Bonapart.

Murat settled ...

A. Philip Randolph

For over half a century, Florida native A. Philip Randolph helped lead the fight for racial equality. Born in Crescent City in 1889, Randolph moved to Jacksonville in 1891. There, he attended the Cookman Institute (now Bethune-Cookman University), one of ...

El Camino Royale-St. Augustine

TWO OF FLORIDA’S MOST HISTORIC CITIES—TALLAHASSEE AND ST. AUGUSTINE—HAVE BEEN CONNECTED COMMERCIALLY FOR NEARLY 400 YEARS.

AFTER THE ESTABLISHMENT OF ST. AUGUSTINE IN 1565, SPANISH MISSIONARIES LED EXPANSION WESTWARD, CREATING A CHAIN OF OVER 100 MISSION SETTLEMENTS ACROSS NORTHERN FLORIDA, ...

El Camino Royale-Mission St. Luis

TWO OF FLORIDA’S MOST HISTORIC CITIES—TALLAHASSEE AND ST. AUGUSTINE—HAVE BEEN CONNECTED COMMERCIALLY FOR NEARLY 400 YEARS.

AFTER THE ESTABLISHMENT OF ST. AUGUSTINE IN 1565, SPANISH MISSIONARIES LED EXPANSION WESTWARD, CREATING A CHAIN OF OVER 100 MISSION SETTLEMENTS ACROSS NORTHERN FLORIDA, ...