Nicholson-Colyer Building

This late Victorian structure was built in 1911 for J.A. Colyer, an African American tailor and J.E. Nicholson, a Canadian baker. It was one of few properties outside the traditional African American neighborhoods that was owned and operated by African ...

Callahan Neighborhood

Bounded by Colonial Drive, Central Avenue, Division Street and Orange Blossom Trail.

This is one of Orlando's oldest black communities, originating in 1886. The district includes Callahan Neighborhood Center, the former old Jones High School, established in 1895.

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West Ocala Historic District

Located on Silver Springs Boulevard between Eastbound I-75 and Pine Avenue.

This historic district includes more than 100 buildings that are significant to the African American community that flourished here between 1886 and 1920.

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Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church - Ocala

The only surviving brick 19th century religious structure in Ocala, the present Gothic Revival church stands behind the site of the original white frame building. Construction of the first brick church owned by a black congregation began in 1891 under ...

Howard Academy Community Center

Howard Academy was established in 1886 by the Board of Public Instruction as a grade school for Negroes.

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Fessenden Elementary School

Established in 1868, the school became Fessenden Academy in 1898, in honor of Ferdinand Stone Fessenden, a wealthy businessman from Boston who provided financial support and encouraged the American Missionary Association to sponsor the school. Existing buildings date from the ...

Second Bethel Baptist Church

This frame vernacular style building was completed in 1888 and served as a school for the black community. The pastor, the Reverend Henry Shaw, was the first to minister to the local African American turpentine, sawmill and phosphate workers.

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National Historic Landmark-Graniteville Historic District

National Historic Landmark- Graniteville Historic District

In this community, William Gregg (1800-1867), perhaps the most significant figure in the development of cotton mills in the South, successfully introduced the textile industry to the South before the Civil War.

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National Historic Landmark-William Gibbes House

National Historic Landmark-William Gibbes House

Constructed in 1779, this late-Georgian town house was redone in the Adam manner in 1794.

One of the finest two-story frame late-Georgian town houses in the American colonies, it is Charleston's most elegant two-story wooden double ...

National Historic Landmark-Fort Hill,John C. Calhoun House

National Historic Landmark- Fort Hill -John C. Calhoun House

This was the residence of John Caldwell Calhoun (1782-1850), best remembered for his vigorous defense of States' Rights.

His long political career included the U.S. House and Senate, service as Secretary of ...