Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church - St. Petersburg

Built in 1922, the Bethel AME Church is Gothic Revival in style and located in the Jamestown neighborhood northwest of St. Petersburg's downtown core. It is the first and oldest predominantly African American church and denomination in the city, playing ...

The Dr. Walter Smith Library

Dr. Smith is a former President of Florida A & M University and author of The Magnificent Seven and A History of Black Community Colleges in Florida.

Information provided by Florida Department of State.

National Historic Landmark-Majestic Theatre

National Historic Landmark - Majestic Theatre

The great movie palaces gradually replaced burlesque as entertainment within everyone's reach, rich and poor alike. In the 1920s and '30s, the picture palace flourished in big cities and small towns, as fantasy worlds into ...

St. Benedict the Moor Catholic Church and School

This block of property in the Lincolnville District is owned by the Catholic Church and contains historic buildings important to St. Augustine's African American heritage. It was part of the Yallaha orange grove plantation before the Civil war and was ...

Cary A. White, Sr. Complex, FL School for the Deaf and the Blind

This classroom and dormitory area is dedicated to the memory of the first African American deaf graduate of the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind. Cary A. White, Sr. worked at the school for 46 years and was ...

Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church - Palatka

The residents of the community of Newtown organized the Bethel AME church in 1866. This Romanesque Revival style building was constructed by the congregation circa 1908-1912.

Information provided by Florida Department of State.

Photo courtesy of Fish Ministries.

The Williams House

Confederate President Jefferson Davis was a friend of the Williams family and was a guest in this c.1856 house. It is reported that some of his personal effects were stored in the Williams House during the Civil War.

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National Historic Landmark-St. Johnsbury Athenaeum

National Historical Landmarks- St. Johnsbury Athenaeum

The Athenanaeum's construction (1868-1873), its collection of American landscape paintings and books, its original role as a public library and free art gallery, and the industrial origins of the fortune that provided it, all contribute ...

The Old Courthouse Heritage Museum

Formed in 1963, the Citrus County Historical Society, Inc. exists to preserve and further the knowledge of the history and pre-history of Citrus County and nearby areas and, since 1985, has been located in the restored 1912 Old Citrus County ...

Museum of Southern History

This museum, established in 1975 by the Kirby Smith Camp 1209, Sons of Confederate Veterans, displays and interprets artifacts relating to the Civil War era. Visitors will find exhibits on military and civilian life during the Cvil War. A 6,000 ...