National Historic Landmark-The Breakers

National Historic Landmark-The Breakers

The Breakers is the architectural and social archetype of the Guilded Age, a period when members of the Vanderbilt family were the merchant princes of American life through their prominence in the world of finance, as patrons ...

National Historic Landmark-Parish House of the Circular Church

National Historic Landmark- Parish House of the Circular Congregational Church

Built about 1806, this small Greek Revival temple with graceful twin stairways and notable wrought-iron railings is a good example of Mills' ability to design a temple-style building that is ...

The Zora Neale Hurston Home

In 1957 Zora Neale Hurston moved to Fort Pierce, and was offered a small two-bedroom house, rent free, by Dr. C.C. Benton, a family friend from her Eatonville childhood. Dr. Benton, a respected physician, had worked to establish the School ...

Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church Community Cemetery

Originally known as the White Lily Cemetery, the Mount Olive Courtenay Community Cemetery was on the grounds adjacent to the Bethel AME Church, one of the first black churches on Merritt Island. Grave sites date from 1919.

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Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church - Kissimmee

This one-story Masonry Vernacular church was constructed in 1916. The name of Lawrence Silas, a prosperous black cattleman in Florida's range country, appears on the cornerstone. With his father's estate gone, Lawrence Silas rebuilt the family fortune and eventually owned ...

The Moseley House

Constructed between 1888 and 1889, Moseley House is the second oldest remaining structure in Eatonville, and one of two remaining examples of the pre-1900 woodframe structures typical to the town. The Moseley House has been restored and is furnished with ...

National Historic Landmark-Church of the Holy Cross

National Historic Landmark- Church of the Holy Cross

Built in 1850, this structure was designed to resemble an Old World Parish Church.

The Gothic Revival cruciform-design church features walls of yellow pise de terre and a high-pitched roof of red ...

National Historic Landmark-Bethesda Presbyterian Church

National Historic Landmark- Bethesda Presbyterian Church

Dedicated in 1822, this is one of the few churches designed by Robert Mills (1781-1855) remaining in America. Its neo-classical temple form represents Mills' work as a maturing architect influenced by Jeffersonian classicism.

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Witherspoon Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons #111

Established in 1898 and one of the oldest functioning African American lodges in Florida, the Witherspoon Lodge follows the traditions of Prince Hall who opposed racial oppression in Colonial New England. Purchased in 1903, the building has served as the ...

National Historic Landmark- The Hermitage

National Historical Landmark-The Hermitage

From 1804 until his death, this plantation was the property of of Andrew Jackson, 7th President of the United States (1829-1837). He built the two story Greek Revival brick mansion in 1819.